May 30th, 2021 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka There wasn’t a whole lot for Dodger fans to cheer about on Saturday with their team’s brutal 11-6 loss to the San Francisco Giants in front of a COVID-19 record-setting sellout crowd of 19,097 at Dodger Stadium; not even with the much-anticipated returns of Dodgers All-Star outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger and rookie sensation Zach McKinstry from the injured list. In the simplest of terms, the Dodgers – and to this point, the sensational pitching of 24-year-old Dodgers left-hander Julio Urías – were awful.
“The fastball command wasn’t there,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said postgame of his young left-hander. “The breaking ball wasn’t as sharp. I thought the change was good, he just went to it in the fourth and fifth innings. But it comes down to the fastball wasn’t located.”
But the news wasn’t entirely bad for the Dodgers, who now own sole possession of third place in the National League West. In the bottom of the eighth inning, 41-year-old future Hall of Famer and Dodgers newcomer Albert Pujols hit his second home run as a Dodger and seventh of the season, a 376-foot shot that landed in the Dodgers bullpen. It was the 669th career home run for the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic native and 13th-round draft pick in 1999 by the St. Louis Cardinals out of Maple Woods Community College in Kansas City, MO. It also puts him 27 home runs behind admitted steroid user Alex Rodriguez for fourth-most in MLB history.
(Video capture courtesy of SportsNet LA)
But Wait … There’s More!
With his eighth-inning blast, Pujols now has 1,356 career extra-base hits, tying him for fourth-most in MLB history with (wait for it…) Babe Ruth.
…so there’s that.
Play Ball!
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Logan Webb had one of his best outings and Julio Urias had one of, if not, his worst outing, I think, is the story of last night’s game. Heres hoping today’s game is more in our favor.
Dodgers: Albert Pujols Passes Babe Ruth on MLB’s All-Time Extra-Base Hit List
by Brook Smith
Dodgers fans should get used to Albert Pujols hitting some milestone number while he is in Los Angeles. Now in the 21st season of his illustrious career, Pujols is starting to pass some big names in the record books.
Albert recently tied legendary Yankee Babe Ruth for career extra-base hits when he hit a 2-run shot against the Giants on Saturday. It was the 669th homerun of his career and his second since coming over to the Dodgers. He sits 5th all-time on the MLB homerun list, 27 back of Alex Rodriguez for 4th place.
But on Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, Pujols passed Babe Ruth on the extra-base hits list. He now stands alone in 4th place and needs 20 more to tie Stan Musial for 3rd place. Pujols took a fastball from Jake McGee over the fence in left for a homerun to break the Babe’s mark.