Albert struggled on Thursday night as the Cubs knocked off the Cardinals 5-4. AP went 0-4, with a walk, and stranded several runners. Today Albert and the Cardinals will face Carlos Marmol of the Cubs. Let's hope Albert gets back on track today!

Albert Pujols Career Stats: (as of August 6th, 2006)

1. 883 games
2. 3298 AB
3. 1085 hits
4. 711 runs
5. 248 doubles
6. 12 triples
7. 235 homeruns
8. 712 rbi's
9. 462 walks
10. 374 k's
11. 32 stolen bases
12. .333 batting average
13. .419 on base percentage
14. .628 slugging percentage

Look out up the definition of "OWNED" in the dictionary, and you will see a picture of the Cardinals beating the LA Dodgers around like ragdolls. The Cardinals complete their 7 game season sweep over the west coasters on Sunday. Albert was quiet, with an 0-2, but nontheless, the Cardinals defeated the Dodgers. Albert will have a full slate of games this week, facing Jeff Francis on Monday, Jason Jennings on Tuesday, and Aaron Cook on Wednesday, while in Colorado, before the Birds head to the Windy City to face the fifth place Chicago Cubs. Check back with us here at APC for Albert’s numbers against all the pitchers, teams, and in all the stadiums.

-APCman

In what was a crazy night in St. Louis, Albert and the Cardinals beat
the Braves last night 8-3. Albert got another hit, and scored a run.

Check out the new feature to the site. In Albert’s bio, you can now
track his career stats.
Also, new pictures of Albert have been placed into the different
categories. A new category with Albert at the All Star game has been
added. Check it all out, and let us know in the forums
what you think.

We are still making progress on getting a time and date set up for
Albert to meet, hopefully. Keep spreading the word of our site!

- APCman

Albert Pujols was nearly perfect on Sunday.  Pujols went 4-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI’s.  He absolutely crushed the Dodger pitching. The good news for Dodger fans was, Odalis Perez finally got Pujols out, once.  Pujols helped the Cardinals to their 7th straight victory and win the game 11-3.

Both Pujols and the National League where quiet Tuesday as they watched the American League steal the All-Star game from under their feet.  The National League was leading 2-1 almost the entire game, until the 9th inning.  Trevor Hoffman came in in the 9th and got two quick outs.  Things looked promising for the National League to stop the horrid losing streak to the American League.  Just then, Konerko singled, Glaus doubled, and Michael Young triple both in to give the Americal League a 3-2 lead.  The National League came up in the 9th but went down in order, ending with Pujols sub Ryan Howard.

Albert ended the game 0-3 with a K.  He drove one ball to the center field fence, but it was hauled in at the wall.  Pujols is now 4-11 in his All-Star game career.

Pujols is making the All-Star game an every year occurence.  He is an automatic IN, with five consecutive appearances.  He has been named the starting first baseman three times, and has also been to the All-Star game as an outfielder and third baseman.  Pujols has had success in the All-Star games, posting a 4-8 hit/ab ratio with 2 doubles and 4 RBI’s.  I’ll go out on a limb and say we’re going to see Albert Pujols in this game for 10-15 years straight.

Lookout Pittsburgh.  Pujols is going to take this All-Star game to another level.

- AlbertPujolsClub.com Staff

My heart almost sank when I watched the trainer come out of the dugout in the 10th inning to check on Albert Pujols after his triple.  Pujols came up a bit limp after rushing around the bases.  Luckily, this didn’t seem to be major as Pujols stayed in the game and sent the trainer back to the dugout.  Pujols ended the night 3-6 with 2 RBI’s against the Astros and broke his career long slump against Andy Pettite.  Everyone thought it was going to be another heroic finish by Albert Pujols as the game entered the 10th inning in a 5-5 tie.  But this time, Pujols couldn’t hit the HR.  He ONLY tripled!!!  He’s absolutely amazing.  His ability to come through in the clutch is brilliant.

With the all-star break here, Pujols enters the break with a .316 AVG, 29 HRs and 76 RBIs.  Not to shabby for a guy who missed 15 games.  I would expect much of the same from Pujols in the second half of the season, but for now, let’s just relax and enjoy what we’ve witnessed in the first half of this season.

- AlbertPujolsClub.com staff