All-time Cardinals great Albert Pujols hit a game-winning home run Sunday in his final career game against the Cubs.
Pujols has hit more homers against the Cubs than any team except the Astros and, with the Cubs-Cards season series completed, finishes his career against the Cubs with a .292 average, .605 slugging percentage and .999 OPS.
As much as Sunday’s blow could have been worse for the Cubs if they were fighting for a playoff spot and as “momentous” as one Chicago columnist suggested the scene was in the bigger picture after the game, Cubs manager David Ross seemed in no mood to wax historic about the moment or join the ample chorus in singing Pujols’ praises.
“There are times in this game where you take a step back from being locked into the game and you get to be a fan for a minute and experience it the way everyone else is,” Marmol told St. Louis media after the game. “That was one of them.And that’s the thing, whether you’re a Cardinal, like Marmol, or hate the Cardinals like most Cubs fans.
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