Pujols' ninth walk-off homer finishes Cubs

JustinVerlander35 · Jun 5, 2011

On Saturday afternoon, Albert Pujols and the Cardinals saved their best for last.

As shadows crept across the field at Busch Stadium, the Cards' never-say-die attitude was on full display. Tony La Russa's club kept battling, as it has all season, and the Cardinals beat the Cubs, 5-4, in 12 innings on Pujols' second homer of the game.

It was Pujols' ninth career walk-off home run -- his first this season -- and came in his 41st multihomer game. Pujols hit Jeff Samardzija's 2-1 breaking ball into the Cubs' bullpen to secure the Cards' second win in as many games.

The three-time National League Most Valuable Player returned to the form most have been accustomed to seeing during his 10-plus years in the Majors, with his three-hit effort Saturday the latest in a career chock-full of clutch hits.

"I've seen it happen quite a few times in my three years here," Cardinals reliever Trever Miller said.

Pujols belted a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Cards on the board first. The slugger hit Chicago starter Randy Wells' 2-1 offering 410 feet to right-center field for his 11th home run of the year.

While La Russa has stayed true in his stance that Pujols wasn't struggling at the plate -- earlier this year, the first baseman had a career-long drought of 106 at-bats without a homer -- and simply needed luck to turn his way, there was nevertheless a sense of relief in the clubhouse after the game. In fact, Pujols' breakout game was just what the doctor ordered for a ballclub coming off a disappointing series against the Giants.
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