ARLINGTON, Texas - Babe Ruth, twice. Reggie Jackson. Albert Pujols. This is the complete list of players with three home runs in a game of World Series.
"I think it is," said Matt Holliday, who attended Pujols of St. Louis "on deck circle on Saturday night. "The guy is a player in a single generation. It should be something in the World Series of this kind. "
In a performance intended to be engraved in bronze on a plaque in Cooperstown, Pujols has produced one of the biggest night has never been a hitter in the World Series. He went 5 for 6 with three homers and six RBIs, leading the Cardinals to a 16-7 rout of Texas in Game 3 at Rangers Ballpark.
Paul Molitor is the only player to have Pujols out five hits in a game of World Series, and Pujols set a record for total bases with 14. Smoothly in the first two games at Busch Stadium, where the error in the ninth inning helped the Rangers win Game 2, Pujols broke out Saturday night, putting his team two wins of a title.
"I did not walk into the ballpark today, thinking I was going to have a night like this," said Pujols. "I was walking to the order of magnitude with the attitude that I everyday -. To help this ballclub to win "
Pujols night was already history when he came to bat with two outs in the ninth against left-hander Darren Oliver. In the meantime, he was one of only two players - Tim Salmon was the other - with two home runs from four hits in a World Series game.
The Cardinals led by eight points, and Pujols said he thought to ask manager Tony La Russa to take away a hitter. Perhaps, Pujols said, the little-used Gerald Laird would fight for him, and then replaced at first base.
But Pujols did not, and La Russa bats leave, saying he respected the Rangers' offense too much to replace their best hitter. With a number of 2-2, Pujols lofted a foul pop that drifted high in the stands, just beyond the reach of first baseman Mike Napoli.
Holliday said it was a ball Pujols would have crushed; Pujols knew it too.
"He smiled kind of like," Man, that could have been the third, "said Holliday." Then he did the next pitch. "
Pujols sent a missile into the left field seats, tying Ruth (1926 and 1928) and Jackson (1977) for single record of the game Home Run. The night Jackson was more theatrical - he came into the tire at Yankee Stadium on three consecutive pitches first, with the final explosion soaring away.
"Just to be a teammate of his when he does something like that," the winning pitcher in Game 3, Lance Lynn, said: "It's something I'll be able to tell my children and grandchildren children, I actually saw that in person. "
Skip Schumaker, an infielder reserves, said he was so impressed that Pujols watches his practice swings off soft throw. Of course, Schumaker said he observed carefully each at-bat, and the most impressive circuits Saturday was the first. He came in the sixth inning, off a high 96-mile an hour fastball to Alexi Ogando.
"The guys take a thousand miles per hour, and it is very difficult on either hand," said Schumaker. "I think they put him in the beginning to stop the bleeding."
Instead, Pujols tore the Rangers wound, his three-run homer swelling of Cardinals lead to 11-6. It crashed off the concrete facade of the second bridge, where only 15 balls landed in over 1400 games.
The second home run came on a ball field in the first fast left-hander Mike Gonzalez in the seventh. It was a stroke of two points closer to center field, and put forward by St. Louis 14-6. Then came the third circuit, and history.
The Rangers had met only once before that Pujols World Series in the 2004 regular season before manager Ron Washington was. Expect up Pujols with extreme caution from now on.
"When the opportunity arises to put him on the bag, I will not let him swing the bat," Washington said. "Tonight, we could not get the ball in the middle of the plate and over and it just does not miss. I saw him on TV, but I'll tell you tonight was something special. "
Pujols was criticized for failing to speak with reporters after the game 2. Pujols said he knew no one needed him, a dubious claim in light of its experience and the fact that he had made a costly mistake.
When asked after the game when the tumult had three reasons, Pujols punished journalists for making it a problem - at the expense, he says, the high pitch that would have been the focus of the game.
"It's pretty sad," Pujols, adding later, "I was really embarrassed to tell you the truth, we were in the middle of it."
Pujols has a spot-over of his reputation - he is outspoken in his religious faith and was honored for his charity work - but it is difficult in public, more likely to snarl than a smile when asked to an interview. His fame will grow with a performance of Saturday, and although it certainly could happen anywhere, you wonder if he would be comfortable, personally, apart from its cocoon of St. Louis.
In any case, Pujols Agency will hold without the dominant discourse of this winter. As a player three most precious time that has never had a bad season, he could ask the most lucrative contract in the game. Schumaker said he would never live to see a better player.
"People have made some interesting comments on what to do," said Schumaker. "I do not want to be a GM and be in this position, because it must be the hardest thing in the world. I'm not sure there could be a blow to him. Who's comparable? "
For one night, when measured by overall offensive production on big stage of the game, no one could compare.
"I think it is," said Matt Holliday, who attended Pujols of St. Louis "on deck circle on Saturday night. "The guy is a player in a single generation. It should be something in the World Series of this kind. "
In a performance intended to be engraved in bronze on a plaque in Cooperstown, Pujols has produced one of the biggest night has never been a hitter in the World Series. He went 5 for 6 with three homers and six RBIs, leading the Cardinals to a 16-7 rout of Texas in Game 3 at Rangers Ballpark.
Paul Molitor is the only player to have Pujols out five hits in a game of World Series, and Pujols set a record for total bases with 14. Smoothly in the first two games at Busch Stadium, where the error in the ninth inning helped the Rangers win Game 2, Pujols broke out Saturday night, putting his team two wins of a title.
"I did not walk into the ballpark today, thinking I was going to have a night like this," said Pujols. "I was walking to the order of magnitude with the attitude that I everyday -. To help this ballclub to win "
Pujols night was already history when he came to bat with two outs in the ninth against left-hander Darren Oliver. In the meantime, he was one of only two players - Tim Salmon was the other - with two home runs from four hits in a World Series game.
The Cardinals led by eight points, and Pujols said he thought to ask manager Tony La Russa to take away a hitter. Perhaps, Pujols said, the little-used Gerald Laird would fight for him, and then replaced at first base.
But Pujols did not, and La Russa bats leave, saying he respected the Rangers' offense too much to replace their best hitter. With a number of 2-2, Pujols lofted a foul pop that drifted high in the stands, just beyond the reach of first baseman Mike Napoli.
Holliday said it was a ball Pujols would have crushed; Pujols knew it too.
"He smiled kind of like," Man, that could have been the third, "said Holliday." Then he did the next pitch. "
Pujols sent a missile into the left field seats, tying Ruth (1926 and 1928) and Jackson (1977) for single record of the game Home Run. The night Jackson was more theatrical - he came into the tire at Yankee Stadium on three consecutive pitches first, with the final explosion soaring away.
"Just to be a teammate of his when he does something like that," the winning pitcher in Game 3, Lance Lynn, said: "It's something I'll be able to tell my children and grandchildren children, I actually saw that in person. "
Skip Schumaker, an infielder reserves, said he was so impressed that Pujols watches his practice swings off soft throw. Of course, Schumaker said he observed carefully each at-bat, and the most impressive circuits Saturday was the first. He came in the sixth inning, off a high 96-mile an hour fastball to Alexi Ogando.
"The guys take a thousand miles per hour, and it is very difficult on either hand," said Schumaker. "I think they put him in the beginning to stop the bleeding."
Instead, Pujols tore the Rangers wound, his three-run homer swelling of Cardinals lead to 11-6. It crashed off the concrete facade of the second bridge, where only 15 balls landed in over 1400 games.
The second home run came on a ball field in the first fast left-hander Mike Gonzalez in the seventh. It was a stroke of two points closer to center field, and put forward by St. Louis 14-6. Then came the third circuit, and history.
The Rangers had met only once before that Pujols World Series in the 2004 regular season before manager Ron Washington was. Expect up Pujols with extreme caution from now on.
"When the opportunity arises to put him on the bag, I will not let him swing the bat," Washington said. "Tonight, we could not get the ball in the middle of the plate and over and it just does not miss. I saw him on TV, but I'll tell you tonight was something special. "
Pujols was criticized for failing to speak with reporters after the game 2. Pujols said he knew no one needed him, a dubious claim in light of its experience and the fact that he had made a costly mistake.
When asked after the game when the tumult had three reasons, Pujols punished journalists for making it a problem - at the expense, he says, the high pitch that would have been the focus of the game.
"It's pretty sad," Pujols, adding later, "I was really embarrassed to tell you the truth, we were in the middle of it."
Pujols has a spot-over of his reputation - he is outspoken in his religious faith and was honored for his charity work - but it is difficult in public, more likely to snarl than a smile when asked to an interview. His fame will grow with a performance of Saturday, and although it certainly could happen anywhere, you wonder if he would be comfortable, personally, apart from its cocoon of St. Louis.
In any case, Pujols Agency will hold without the dominant discourse of this winter. As a player three most precious time that has never had a bad season, he could ask the most lucrative contract in the game. Schumaker said he would never live to see a better player.
"People have made some interesting comments on what to do," said Schumaker. "I do not want to be a GM and be in this position, because it must be the hardest thing in the world. I'm not sure there could be a blow to him. Who's comparable? "
For one night, when measured by overall offensive production on big stage of the game, no one could compare.
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