ANAHEIM, Calif. – Rod Carew recorded his 3,000th hit right here, 32 years ago, when Angel Stadium was named Anaheim Stadium and milestones like that meant everything. He returned for Thursday’s opener between the Los Angeles Angels and Minnesota Twins with a chance to see Albert Pujols belt career home run No. 600.
“I hope so,” Carew said from the visiting dugout 90 minutes before first pitch. “Get it when the Twins are up by a lot.”
Pujols didn’t homer, instead going 1-for-4 with a sharp single to left in the fourth and a flyout to center in the eighth.