Cardinals' Albert Pujols tallies 63rd career multi-home run game Sunday

St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter Albert Pujols. Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

Cardinals' Albert Pujols tallies 63rd career multi-home run game, tying legend Willie Mays for fifth all-time

By Mike Santa Barbara | Last updated Aug 14, 2022 8:30 PM ET

In April, future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols returned to the St. Louis Cardinals after leaving the team as a free agent in 2012.

Greeted by a hero's welcome since returning, the love-fest continued on Sunday after another memorable performance from the 42-year-old.

Pujols tallied career home runs number 688 and 689 on Sunday, helping lead the Cardinals to a 6-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Trailing 2-0 early, Pujols smashed an 0-1 slider from Brewers' starter Aaron Ashby over the wall to put the Cardinals on the board.

Number 688 and a curtain call for Albert Pujols! pic.twitter.com/0LXvVGjCCJ
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) August 14, 2022

Pujols' second homer of the day, a two-run shot that traveled 443 feet, put the Cardinals up for good in the eighth inning.

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Pujols is making a STATEMENT today, launching his second blast 443 feet

(via @Cardinals) pic.twitter.com/MKECz3tdTA
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 14, 2022

The multi-home run game was the 63rd of Pujols' career, tying him with Hall of Famer Willie Mays for fifth all-time in major league history.

63rd multi-homer game for Pujols, which ties Willie Mays for 5th all-time in MLB history.

Pujols is 11 home runs away from 700. https://t.co/S9TGIsrxks
— Katie Woo (@katiejwoo) August 14, 2022

Creeping ever closer to the historic 700 home run mark, Pujols is now just 11 long-balls away.

Pujols is currently fifth on the all-time home run leaderboard, trailing only Alex Rodriguez (696), Hall of Famers Babe Ruth (714) and Henry Aaron (755), and Barry Bonds (762).

The 11-time All-Star is batting .243/.322/.425 with eight home runs and 26 RBI in 65 games for St. Louis.

Sunday's victory helped the Cardinals pull further away from the Brewers in the race for the NL Central crown. St. Louis now leads Milwaukee by 1.5 games after taking two of three games during the weekend series.

Mike Santa Barbara

Mike Santa Barbara is a Wilmington, Delaware native (Yes, it's a real place) with over a decade of sports writing experience. A diehard Philadelphia sports fan, he has two dogs named after Flyers and cried real tears when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII. You can follow him on Twitter at @mike__sb

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