Homer history: Albert Pujols hits Nos. 699, 700 vs. Dodger

Albert Pujols joined baseball's 700-homer club on Friday in Los Angeles, turning out to be only the fourth player to arrive at the achievement.

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The St. Louis Cardinals slugger scored two homers in the initial four innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers to reach 700,

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, conflicting with left-hander Andrew Heaney in the third and right-hander Phil Bickford in the fourth.

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The main homer was a not even a shadow of a doubt shot mostly up the cheap seats in left field and gave the Cardinals a mid 2-0 lead. His second homer of the night likewise was to left field for a 5-0 benefit, with Pujols having each of the five RBIs.

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Subsequent to crossing home plate, Pujols went to the first line of the stands, where he welcomed previous major-leaguer Adrian Beltre. In the wake of getting back to the h

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he got a shade call from the Dodger Arena swarm, while players from the Dodgers hole cheered the occasion.

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The main players in front of Pujols on the record-breaking homer rundown are Angel Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755) and Barry Bonds (762).

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