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MLB.com: Two Pujols swings enough for Cards

Whatever you call it, though, Pujols thrived. He hit a two-run homer in the first inning that put the Cardinals ahead, his 27th of the year. After Wellemeyer surrendered three runs in the second inning, Pujols added another two-run shot in the third that gave St. Louis the lead for good. It was his Major League-leading 28th home run of the year, and his sixth multi-homer game this season.

Starter Kevin Slowey entered the game with a 10-2 record, but was gone quickly, thanks to Pujols.

“He’s got pretty good stuff,” Pujols said. “The record that he has talks by itself. With this heat, he got in a little bit of trouble and left a couple of pitches up on me and I took advantage.”

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“We said we weren’t going to let him beat us,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. “But we made bad pitches today and he put them in the seats. [I’m] very disappointed because when you go into the series, you know that he’s the one guy you are going to be careful to and not let him beat you but he did today.”

Pujols leads the NL/MLB by 4 homers and 5 RBIs and is 9th in the NL in average…and hits 20 points higher in the second half for his career. Come on, triple crown…

Alex meets the threshold for granular review Posted: June 27, 2009 at 10:28 PM | 13 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: June 28, 2009 at 02:34 AM (#3235588)

It's scary to think what this guy would do with any sort of protection. Or if he was in an all-star caliber lineup.

2. How to lose a guy in jemile weeks Posted: June 28, 2009 at 03:13 AM (#3235595)

Derosa traded to Cards, according to mlbtv.

3. Tripon Posted: June 28, 2009 at 03:16 AM (#3235596)

When you stink of all-star, you think of Mark DeRosa.

4. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: June 28, 2009 at 03:21 AM (#3235598)

He'll be helpful, though. The guy's a competent fielder at four positions. And it looks like the Cards didn't give up much for him.

I wonder how this affects their chances or effort to get Holliday.

5. How to lose a guy in jemile weeks Posted: June 28, 2009 at 03:21 AM (#3235599)

Heh, well I didn't realize how the comment before might affect mine. I just wanted to get it out there, as I couldn't find any articles on it just yet.

6. Alex meets the threshold for granular review Posted: June 28, 2009 at 03:24 AM (#3235602)

Mark DeRosa is friggin' Joe Morgan compared to the rest of the Cardinals' MI. I'm thrilled. He was traded for Chris Perez, a flamethrowing middle reliever with no control, and a PTBNL. As long as that player isn't Brett Wallace, I don't care who it is.

7. How to lose a guy in jemile weeks Posted: June 28, 2009 at 03:31 AM (#3235603)

Oh yes, the reason I first broke this news.

Chris Perez! Repping the U...(poorly).

8. Der_K is feeling better now. Posted: June 28, 2009 at 03:32 AM (#3235604)

per shapiro, the ptbnl will be significant.

9. DCW3 Posted: June 28, 2009 at 03:32 AM (#3235605)

I wonder if there's any chance of putting DeRosa at second base and moving Schumaker to third--Skip seems like he'd be better suited for 3B than he is for 2B, but trying to teach a guy his second new position in a few months might be pushing it.

10. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: June 28, 2009 at 04:05 AM (#3235613)

per shapiro, the ptbnl will be significant.

Where will Shoppach play with Pujols hogging first and Martinez doing likewise at catcher?

11. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: June 28, 2009 at 04:11 AM (#3235614)

Rotoworld, quoting... Twitter? Ahmadinejad is #### pissed off.

12. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: June 28, 2009 at 04:15 AM (#3235617)

And I found out about the deal via Rotoworld on Twitter. The cycle is complete. Unless DeRosa needs to read about my thoughts on the deal via Twitter.

13. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: June 28, 2009 at 04:17 AM (#3235620)

We should also check out DeRosa's Facebook page and Perez's MySpace account.

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