Albert Pujols hit the 694th home run of his career on Monday night in Cincinnati.

The home run came against a 450th different pitcher, a Major League record.

Reds reliever Ross Detwiler gave up a 369-foot, two-run homer to right field in the third inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' 13-4 win.

"Obviously, his career speaks for itself," Detwiler said. "All of his numbers are better than anything I've seen in person. It is kind of unbelievable. He's been so good for so long.

"I got ahead of him. I tried to go high fastball. I didn't get it high enough, and it leaked over the plate a little bit more than I wanted it to. The ball jumps off his bat."

Pujols is now just two home runs shy of tying Alex Rodriguez for fourth on the all-time list (696). 

Aaron Judge homered late in the New York Yankees' 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

Judge becomes just the 10th player in Major League history to record multiple 50-home run seasons.

Assuming he plays in all of the Yankees' remaining games, Judge is on pace to hit 63 home runs this season.

"It's just another number," he said. "It's great, but I'm kind of upset we lost. It's a close game we could've won."

After a huge day at the plate on Thursday, Paul Goldschmidt is making a late push for the National League Triple Crown.

Goldschmidt had three hits, two home runs and five RBI in the St. Louis Cardinals' 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs.

He's currently first in batting average (.339), second in home runs (33) and first in RBI (105).

"Listen, if something like that happened it would be a miracle," Goldschmidt said of potentially winning the Triple Crown. "To think that's realistic is probably pretty far-fetched. Like I said, if something like that did happen, it would be pretty amazing, but to think that's a goal for anyone, that's a crazy standard."

Mike Trout homered in the Los Angeles Angels' 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in 11 innings on Wednesday night.

With the home run, Trout tied Garret Anderson for the most runs scored in Angels history with 1,024.

It took Anderson 15 seasons and 2,013 games to accomplish the feat, while Trout has played in 12 seasons and 1,373 games with the Angels.

"He's been there a long time and he's going to be here a lot longer, so I'm sure he's going to put a lot of things out of reach," Phil Nevin said. "I'm sure most of those numbers in the book."

George Kirby pulled off a rare feat by throwing 24 straight strikes to start the Seattle Mariners' 3-1 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.

Kirby gave up five hits and one run before throwing his first ball to Joey Meneses in the third inning. The right-hander is the first pitcher since 1988 to begin his appearance by throwing 24 consecutive strikes.

"I looked up at 15 or 16, and I was like 'Oh, man,'" said Kirby, who who was Seattle's first-round draft pick in 2019 and made his major league debut in May.

Kirby struck out nine in seven innings, giving up eight hits without a walk.

Christian Bethancourt homered and drove in three runs for the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.

The catcher then moved to the mound to finish out the night.

Bethancourt pitched the ninth inning with the Rays leading the Los Angeles Angeles 11-1 and the game out of reach. He touched 95 mph with his fastball, recorded a strikeout and turned in a scoreless inning.

"Now," Bethancourt said, "I know what it feels like to be Ohtani."

Albert Pujols clubbed a pair of home runs against the Arizona Diamondbacks this weekend, giving him 692 for his career.

Pujols has six homers in his last nine games.

With his career winding down, Pujols has said he'll retire after this season, the slugger could become just the fourth player to hit 700 home runs.

The St. Louis Cardinals have 42 games left, but they've been platooning him.

Even if he doesn't reach 700, Pujols can surpass Alex Rodriguez (696) for fourth on the all-time home run list.

For just the second time in Minor League Baseball history, a player has hit for the home run cycle.

Chandler Redmond, an infielder in the St. Louis Cardinals' system, had a four-homer game with a solo homer, a two-run homer, a three-run homer, and a grand slam on Wednesday night for Double-A Springfield.

"It's unbelievable," Redmond said. "I don't even know what words to use to describe the feelings right now." 

There has never been a home run cycle in the Major Leagues.

Shohei Ohtani made Major League history on Tuesday night, joining Babe Ruth as the only players ever to hit 10 home runs and record 10 wins in the same season.

Ohtani hit his 25th home run and improved to 10-7 on the mound in the Los Angeles Angels' 5-1 win over the Oakland Athletics.

"I feel like every time we're out there he does something special," Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. "You try not to take for granted what we're seeing every night but it's pretty awesome to be a part of. These things don't go by us lightly."