The St. Louis Cardinals may have lost their 7th straight game, but Albert Pujols further traveled up his path to complete recovery by continuing a four game hit streak. Pujols went 1-4 with a walk in St. Louis’s disappointing 10-3 blowout loss to the Cleveland Indians on Monday.
Pujols hit a single to left field in his first at-bat of the game, and managed to advance to second after Scott Rolen singled up the middle. Continuing the Cards’ woes was Juan Encarnacion, who popped out to shallow left field to end the inning. In Pujols’ next at-bat, he walked on four pitches.
The Cardinals continue to be dominated by the opposing American League teams, but Pujols is slowly working his way back to reality. He has 7 hits in his last 5 games, and a four game hitting streak going. The first game, he went 4-4 with two singles, a double, a home run, and a walk. He batted his way to a single in the next three games with a few walks mixed in.
Pujols is coming back, but that 4-4 night against Detroit showed that he is already showing signs of the Albert Pujols we saw earlier this season. Tonight, Albert takes on the Cleveland Indians again, a matchup that doesn’t favor Pujols. Pujols is hitless in two at-bats against Cleveland pitcher C.C. Sabathia, both of those at-bats ending in strikeouts. Tonight, Pujols looks to change that stat.
Written by APC Staff Writer Brady Holzhauer