With just one swing of the bat, Albert Pujols put a damper on the Colorado’s postseason chances and made Major League Baseball history Sunday afternoon. Trailing by one run in eighth inning, the future Hall of Famer sent a 1-1 pitch over the left-field wall for a two-run, go-ahead home run. It was his the 660th homer of his career — tying Willie Mays for fifth on the all-time list — and lifted Los Angeles to a 5-3 win over the Rockies.
The Rockies (21-25) now sit in 10th place in the National League playoff race, two games behind the eighth-place Cardinals.