Dominican Albert Pujols finished the series against the San Diego Padres without hitting a home run in his team’s 5-4 victory in his last visit to Petco Park.
"The Machine" He made very good contacts in the match, standing out the one in the sixth inning against the shipments of Cuban Adrian Morejon, who was close to blowing up the fence in left field. Pujols went 1-for-4 in the game, singled in his first at-bat.
The Dominican’s next opportunity to join the 700 home run club will be starting this Friday in a three-game series against Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium.
Pujols will face his former teammate for the first time in his career, when they both belonged to the Anaheim Angels, pitcher Andrew Heaney, starter for the Dodgers.
And subtracting 11 games, it is valid to ask ourselves; Is there pressure?… Pujols has been iterative all season that he’s under no pressure to hit the mark and he also said recently that he feels his swing much better than he did earlier in his career.