By: EFE Updated 14 Aug 2022, 24: 30 pm EDT
Dominican star designated hitter Albert Pujols hit two homers and drove in four runs to lead the attack of the St. Louis Cardinals, who this Sunday beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3.
With his two home runs, Pujols reached 04 home runs in the season and totaled 689 home runs in his career, fifth all-time in this line in the history of the Major Leagues.
For Pujols, this was his second two-homer game of the season, along which he achieved on 22 in May against the Pittsburgh Pirates, adding 57 in his journey of 22 years in the MLB.
The Brewers took the lead in the second inning by an RBI home run Hunter Renfroe’s two-run ctor (20), against Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (9-9).
Pujols answered for the Cardinals, pgetting their first full-lap shot at the close of that second chapter, before the shipments of Aaron Ashby, who opened the match for the Brewers.
The Brewers kept winning by the minimum (1-2) until the sixth act, when Tyler O’Neill (7) disappeared the ball from the park to tie the score at two runs.
Dylan Carlson (8) was responsible for giving the Cardinals the lead, by flying a four-cornered stick in the eighth inning.
In that eighth chapter, Pujols was in charge of widening the advantage for San Luis, by depositing the ball over the wall of the left forest with two companions in circulation.
The Brewers reacted by scoring a run in the ninth inning, by Rowdy Tellez (24) with no one on the trails.
Mikolas (9-9) claimed victory
by pitching seven two-run innings, with six strikeouts.
The loss went to reliever Taylor Rogers (1-6), who allowed four runs in two-thirds of innings pitched.
For the Cardinals, Pujols hit two homers, scored two runs and drove in four, in four plate appearances.
For the Brewers, the Mexican Luis Urías batted 3-1; the Dominican Willy Adames 4-0; and Puerto Rican Víctor Caratini 1-0.
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