Pujols hits 703rd HR to pass Babe for 2nd in RBI; Cards lose
Albert Pujols hit his 703rd home run, breaking a tie with Babe Ruth for second place in career RBIs, but the St. Louis Cardinals lost to Pittsburgh 3-2 when the Pirates drew four consecutive walks in the ninth inning to force home the winning run.
Albert Pujols hits home run No. 702 in final regular season game at Busch Stadium
The longtime St. Louis Cardinals star, in his final regular season home game before retirement, drilled a home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon. Pujols’ solo shot came off Roansy Contreras in the third inning, and tied the game up 4-4. In his final regular season home game, Albert Pujols goes deep. pic.twitter.com/S1tBim507J — MLB (@MLB) October 2, 2022The Machine's home run swing for the 702nd time. Pujols will almost certainly finish fourth on the home run list barring a deep, and dominant, postseason run for the Cardinals.
wftv.comCardinals slugger Albert Pujols hits 702nd homer
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 702nd career homer in the third inning of Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pujols drove a 0-1 pitch from Roansy Contreras deep to center for a solo shot. The 42-year-old Pujols is fourth on the career home run list behind Babe Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755) and Barry Bonds (762).
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ORLANDO, Fla. — High school football is back in full swing as we enter week five of the season. For the first time this season, we had clear skies under the Friday night lights as teams battled it out on the gridiron. Photos: Albert Pujols hits 700th home run, joins baseball legends Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe RuthCheck out all the highlights from week four, including our McCoy Federal Credit Union game of the week featuring undefeated Edgewater playing Apopka High school. Read: College Football returns to WFTV Channel 9You can watch WFTV Football Friday Night presented by McCoy Federal Credit Union every Friday night after WFTV Tonight at 11:30 p.m.Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live. ©2022 Cox Media Group
wftv.comAlbert Pujols hits 700th home run, joins baseball legends Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth
>> Read more trending newsAccording to The Associated Press, only three other baseball legends have made the 700 home run club — Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth. Pujols, 42, has said that this season is his final one after playing for 22 years, according to Major League Baseball. According to the MLB, Bonds hit 762 home runs, Aaron hit 755 home runs and Ruth hit 714. MLB reported that Pujols and Aaron are the only two players with at least 3,000 hits and 700 home runs. Pujols is also the most “prolific Dominican hitter” in baseball history, also becoming the first Dominican to hit 700 home runs, according to the Washington Post.
wftv.comAlbert Pujols hits 698th home run, ties game for Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — (AP) — Albert Pujols hit his 698th home run, a two-run drive that pulled the St Louis Cardinals into a sixth-inning tie with the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. Pujols hit a first-pitch slider Raynel Espinal 427 feet into the left-field stands for his 19th home run of the season, tying the score 4-4. Pujols trails only Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) on the career list. Pujols has hit 15 home runs in 47 games since July 10 in his 22nd major league season. St. Louis has 17 games remaining.
wftv.comThe Latest: Astros, Braves fail to score in first inning
World Series Baseball Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Ian Anderson throws during the first inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)ATLANTA — (AP) — The Latest on Game 3 of the World Series (all times local):8:35 p.m. Finally, a scoreless first inning in the World Series. On a cool, dreary night in Atlanta, Braves starter Ian Anderson worked around two walks in the top half of the first. The Atlanta Braves host Houston on Friday night at Truist Park with the matchup tied at one game apiece.
wftv.comPassage: Baseball great Hank Aaron
Passage: Baseball great Hank Aaron "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at the life of Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who in 1974 overcame racist threats and abuse to break one of the most coveted records in all of sports: Babe Ruth's career home run record.
cbsnews.comHank Aaron, baseball legend, remembered after death
Hank Aaron, baseball legend, remembered after death Baseball is mourning the loss of one of its all-time greats on and off the field. MLB legend and pioneer Hank Aaron died on Friday at the age of 86. Jim Axelrod looks back on the Hall of Fame slugger's indelible mark on the sport that came with a steep and ugly price.
cbsnews.comHank Aaron, baseball legend and civil rights icon, dies at 86
Hank Aaron, baseball legend and civil rights icon, dies at 86 Hank Aaron, one of baseball's greatest players, died at age 86. What made him great wasn't just what he did, but how he did it. Jim Axelrod pays tribute to the baseball legend.
cbsnews.comHank Aaron, legendary baseball slugger, dies at age 86
Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who rose from poverty in segregated Alabama to become one of the greatest players of all time, has died. Aaron "died peacefully in his sleep," the Atlanta Braves said in a statement Friday. There was no information immediately available about when Aaron died or the cause of death. "We are absolutely devastated by the passing of our beloved Hank," Braves Chairman Terry McGuirk said in a statement. At age 40, Hammerin' Hank Aaron broke the mark on April 8, 1974, while playing with the Atlanta Braves.
cnbc.comHank Aaron, baseball Hall of Famer, among B-CUs latest major donors
Joyce and Thomas Moorehead and Billye and Hank Aaron, have donated more than $600,000 to Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Bethune-Cookman University, fresh off news that the state budget will include $17 million in new, annual funding, hit another home run with news of donations by two prominent couples including Hank Aaron and his wife. Billye and Hank Aaron and Joyce and Thomas Moorehead each contributed $250,000 to the Daytona Beach historically black university, while the Aarons Chasing the Dream foundation also kicked in $104,000. Aaron, a baseball Hall of Famer, became the sports home run king when he broke Babe Ruths career record in 1974. They previously created a $200,000 endowment at B-CU in honor of Joyce Moorehead.
news-journalonline.comOrlando artist's Batman statue made out of nearly 2,000 Smarties is now on display at Florida airport
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