Last night Albert Pujols went 0-for-4 in a loss to the Pirates while Joey Votto went 4-for-7 with two homers and four RBIs in a wild extra-inning win over the Giants, so here’s how the Triple Crown picture looks right now:
BATTING AVERAGE JOEY VOTTO .326 Carlos Gonzalez .320 ALBERT PUJOLS .319 HOME RUNS ALBERT PUJOLS 33 JOEY VOTTO 31 Adam Dunn 31 RUNS BATTED IN ALBERT PUJOLS 92 JOEY VOTTO 90 Carlos Gonzalez 84
As noted earlier this week, Omar Infante still lurks as a possible roadblock to the batting title for Pujols or Votto. After going 1-for-5 with a homer last night Infante is now hitting .347 and he’s inching closer to the plate appearances needed to qualify.