{"id":2633,"date":"2010-05-30T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-31T00:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2010-06-09T06:27:33","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T11:27:33","slug":"pujols-hits-three-home-runs-cardinals-at-cubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/pujols-hits-three-home-runs-cardinals-at-cubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pujols Hits Three Home Runs: Cardinals at Cubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albert Pujols connected for three home runs in today\u2019s Cubs game at Wrigley Field as he led the Cardinals to a 9-1 win over the Cubs. It was the fourth time he has hit three homers in a game and the first time since September 3, 2006. Pujols became only the 14th players since 1900 with at-least four three-home run games. This was only the sixth time I have witnessed a player hit three home runs in the same game. The other five being:<\/p>\n<p>1) <a href=\"\/BoxScores\/Baseball\/MLB\/1997\/06-23-1997_Padres_Giants.htm\" target=\"_blank\">June 23, 1997<\/a>: Steve Finley \u2013 San Diego at San Francisco<br \/>\n2) <a href=\"\/BoxScores\/Baseball\/MLB\/1998\/06-15-1998_Brewers_Cubs.htm\" target=\"_blank\">June 15, 1998<\/a>: Sammy Sosa \u2013 Chicago (NL) vs. Milwaukee<br \/>\n3) <a href=\"\/BoxScores\/Baseball\/MLB\/2001\/08-09-2001_Rockies_Cubs.htm\" target=\"_blank\">August 9, 2001<\/a>: Sammy Sosa \u2013 Chicago (NL) vs. Colorado<br \/>\n4) <a href=\"\/BoxScores\/Baseball\/MLB\/2003\/07-04-2003_Cardinals_Cubs.htm\" target=\"_blank\">July 4, 2003<\/a>: Moises Alou \u2013 Chicago (NL) vs. St. Louis<br \/>\n5) <a href=\"\/BoxScores\/Baseball\/MLB\/2009\/07-07-2009_Indians_WhiteSox.htm\" target=\"_blank\">July 7, 2009<\/a>: Paul Konerko \u2013 Chicago (AL) vs. Cleveland<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Beg, Borrow and Deal<\/span><br \/>\nBefore the game I easily bought a $40.32 face value ticket for $15. I offered $10 but agreed on $15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albert Pujols connected for three home runs in today\u2019s Cubs game at Wrigley Field as he led the Cardinals to a 9-1 win over the Cubs. It was the fourth time he has hit three homers in a game and the first time since September 3, 2006. Pujols became only the 14th players since 1900 with at-least four three-home run games. This was only the sixth time I have witnessed a player hit three home runs in the same game. The other five being:<br \/>\n1) June 23, 1997: Steve Finley \u2013 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[170,45,258,277],"tags":[336,364],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633\/revisions\/2636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}