Every time Albert Pujols steps out onto the baseball field, there’s a chance for some history to be made.
Pujols is in the final season of his career and is finishing it off where it all began, with the St. Louis Cardinals.
On Thursday, Pujols, the oldest active player in baseball, drove in the first run of the game, as he put St. Louis ahead of the Atlanta Braves with a go-ahead sac-fly in the top of the seventh.
In the bottom half, Michael Harris II, the youngest active player in baseball, hit a solo home run to tie the game.
According to The Athletic on Twitter, it’s the first time that the oldest and youngest active players have recorded RBI in the same game since Hank Aaron and Robin Yount did it in 1975.
The MLB's oldest and youngest active players (Albert Pujols and Michael Harris II) each registered RBIs in Thursday's game.
The last time it happened? 1975 (Brewers teammates Hank Aaron and Robin Yount).
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Pujols, Harris Combine For History
Rarely are you going to see this type of history in the same game, but it happened last night.
The oldest player in baseball broke a scoreless tie with his RBI, and the youngest player responded with a game-tying home run.
These two combined for some unique history.
Aaron and Yount were teammates with the Milwaukee Brewers when they combined for such history.
Pujols and Harris were obviously on opposite sides of the coin, but it’s still some pretty cool history.
And it’s even more interesting because Pujols is in his final season and Harris is in his inaugural season.
This is a once in a lifetime experience for fans who have had the pleasure to watch a player like Pujols.
Of course, it’s almost like history is being made every time Pujols steps onto a field, but it’s definitely cool for fans to be able to see something like this.
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