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700! With two homers in LA, Cardinals great Albert Pujols launches himself into exclusive club

He’ll need to update his autograph.

One inning after he launched the 699th home run of his career, Pujols hit his 700th to join Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, and Barry Bonds as the only players in Major League Baseball history to reach the once unreachable milestone.

Pujols' second homer of the game came in the fourth inning off Dodgers reliever Phil Bickford and gave him five RBIs in the game. Pujols had homered in the third inning off LA's starter Andrew Heaney. The three-time MVP was celebrated before the game as a former Dodger, and he took the microphone to thank the crowd for "bringing back the joy" he first had playing the game as a boy.