Cardinals Albert Pujols one HR shy of Bonds record, Red Sox Xander Bogaerts joins team record list for homers and doubles, Cardinals prospect hits a home run cycle and people are freaking out, and more baseball news
Cardinals Albert Pujols one HR shy of Bonds record
Cardinals catcher Albert Pujols isn't going to catch up to Barry Bonds’ all-time home run record, but he is only one home run away from catching up to Bonds on a different record, Sports Illustrated reported. Bonds holds the record of hitting homers off of 449 different pictures in his career. Pujols now stands at 448 for the same feat and there is plenty of season left. As far as Bonds’ all-time home run record, Pujols is going to retire at the end of this season, well short of the mark. However, Pujols is currently in fifth with a chance to pass Alex Rodriguez for fourth if his bat gets hot during the next two months.
Red Sox Xander Bogaerts joins team record list for homers and doubles
Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts ripped his 300th career double in the first inning on Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles, becoming only the eighth player in the team's history to hit 150 or more homers and 300 or more doubles, MassLive reported.
"It’s a great list, man," Bogaerts said, regarding his achievement, after helping Boston win 4-3 over the Orioles. "Something to be proud of. Every day I walk on the field, I’ve worked hard. I listen a lot. I’m always willing to learn. And obviously I have a great family that’s always supported me and a great group of guys that are always there having your back at all times. It’s a pretty nice list, bro."
Xander Bogaerts also has the most games played at the position of shortstop for the Red Sox, reaching the mark in 2022. He was awarded the American League's Silver Slugger Award at the position in back-to-back years, 2015 and 2016, and again in 2019 and 2021.
Cardinals prospect hits a home run cycle and people are freaking out
Let's first explain a "hit cycle." It occurs when a player gets a single, double, triple and home run all in the same game. Pretty spectacular. But what's more spectacular is a home run cycle.
A home run cycle occurs when someone hits a solo homer, a two-run homer, a three-run homer, and a grand slam all in the same game. The rarest of the rare.
Yet that's what happened with St. Louis Cardinals prospect Chandler Redmond on Wednesday night, USA Today reported. People are freaking out having never even heard of something like this happening before.
Redmond hit four homers, all out of the park, in four consecutive at-bats. You can see the video here on Twitter.