Pujols Steals Show Again

ST. LOUIS — For the second straight game, Albert Pujols upstaged Ken Griffey Jr.’s quest for 500 homers.

Pujols’ go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning led the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night, their sixth straight win. Pujols hit the game-winning homer leading off the 10th Friday.

Griffey remained stuck on 499 homers for the fifth straight game, although he contributed to the offense with two singles, an RBI and a walk. He was two for three Saturday and is five for 20 with three RBIs since his last home run on Sunday at Cleveland.

Griffey walked on a full count in the first, hit an RBI single in the third, was held to a single in the fifth when right fielder John Mabry cut off his drive to the gap and grounded out to second in the eighth.