Albert Pujols made his first career pitching appearance Sunday night, closing out a 15-6 blowout win for the St. Louis Cardinals over the San Francisco Giants.

Pujols entered to pitch in the ninth inning. 

He gave up a three-run homer to Luis Gonzalez and a solo shot to Joey Bart but managed to get the final three outs with plenty of margin to spare.

"A dream come true to say that I did it," Pujols said. "It was fun. It wasn't fun giving up two bombs. I think the fans had a good time. I'm sure the guys that took me deep did, too."

The 42-year-old became the oldest player to make his pitching debut since Lena Blackburne brought himself in at age 42 in his final game as a player/manager for the 1929 Chicago White Sox.