Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina may not have had storybook endings to their careers on Saturday night, when St. Louis lost to Philadelphia 2–0 in Game 2 of the NL wild-card series to end the Cardinals’ season. But the two iconic hitters did end their careers on nice individual notes.
Pujols, who batted third in the bottom of the eighth inning, laced his final base hit of his MLB career—a single down the third-base line—that came with a standing ovation from fans inside Busch Stadium.
Then, with St. Louis still trailing 2-0 heading in the bottom of the ninth and the Phillies down to their final out, Molina delivered a single off Phillies pitcher Zach Eflin to advance a runner to third and put the winning run at the plate.