STLHAMMER32
07-22-2014, 08:49 PM
Mike Trout Career Hit # 267 + Albert Pujols Career Hit # 2120 Game Used bat ball
This ball was an absolute hidden gem thanks to the lack of detail provided on the authentication!
This baseball Has been MLB Authenticated with the hologram sticker EK 068474. The Authenticator detailed the ball for being the top of the 3rd for the Mendoza/Pujols at bat but was not specific as to the detail of how the ball was used. The ball was purchased with the sticker on the outside indicating it was a single.
Upon researching the at-bat, only one ball was used for the at-bat with one of the pitches resulting in the base hit. Alcides Escobar was the player to throw the ball back in and take it out of play. The ball has a very distinctive dirt scuff on one of it's sides that was not from the Pujols at-bat. I decided to view the game on MLB.TV to see how it acquired the dirt.....Mike Trout was the previous batter and had the infield hit that resulted in the dirt scuff!
Details Pieced together via MLB.TV Snap Shots:
On May 24, 2013 Mike Trout faced the Kansas City Royals and hit a ground ball up the middle to a diving Alcides Escobar who dove and made a great stop he then threw a one-hopper to first but it was not in time and superstar Mike Trout recorded CAREER HIT # 267 on an infield single! The next batter was future hall of famer Albert Pujols, who hit a hanging breaking ball for a single to Centerfield to record CAREER HIT # 2120!
This ball was an absolute hidden gem thanks to the lack of detail provided on the authentication!
This baseball Has been MLB Authenticated with the hologram sticker EK 068474. The Authenticator detailed the ball for being the top of the 3rd for the Mendoza/Pujols at bat but was not specific as to the detail of how the ball was used. The ball was purchased with the sticker on the outside indicating it was a single.
Upon researching the at-bat, only one ball was used for the at-bat with one of the pitches resulting in the base hit. Alcides Escobar was the player to throw the ball back in and take it out of play. The ball has a very distinctive dirt scuff on one of it's sides that was not from the Pujols at-bat. I decided to view the game on MLB.TV to see how it acquired the dirt.....Mike Trout was the previous batter and had the infield hit that resulted in the dirt scuff!
Details Pieced together via MLB.TV Snap Shots:
On May 24, 2013 Mike Trout faced the Kansas City Royals and hit a ground ball up the middle to a diving Alcides Escobar who dove and made a great stop he then threw a one-hopper to first but it was not in time and superstar Mike Trout recorded CAREER HIT # 267 on an infield single! The next batter was future hall of famer Albert Pujols, who hit a hanging breaking ball for a single to Centerfield to record CAREER HIT # 2120!