Cardinals’ Albert Pujols gets 690th career home run on pinch-hit grand slam

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Albert Pujols is still adding to his incredible legacy in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform. 

The 42-year-old slugger turned back the clock on Thursday, launching his 690th career home run with a third-inning pinch-hit grand slam and the Cardinals swept their three-game series against the Colorado Rockies with a 13-0 win. 

St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols, left, rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Austin Gomber, #26, during the third inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in St. Louis.  (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Pujols added an RBI single in the seventh inning, but it was his 16th career grand slam that put the game out of reach. 

Pujols’ first career pinch-hit grand slam moves him into a tie with Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Dave Kingman for 10th on the all-time grand slam list, according to the Associated Press.

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"He looks the same as when he left to me," pitcher Adam Wainwright said. "This is what he’s supposed to look like, here this stadium, doing these things."

Wainwright, who will turn 41 years old at the end of August, moved to 9-8 on the season after throwing seven scoreless innings. 

"My job today it was just to not mess it up," he said. "The offense was the story. They were incredible you know and Albert hitting the grand slam, I mean we’re just kind of like living in his shadow right, which is where we should be."

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright walks off the field after working during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in