Albert Pujols passes Mantle with home run on Thursday

by Jamison Malasko | Thu, Jun 11th 11:22pm EDT

Angels first baseman Albert Pujols hit his 537th career home run, passing legend Mickey Mantle for 16th all-time, in his team's 6-2 win over the Rays on Thursday. Pujols went 2 for 5 with a home run, his 17th of the year, and two RBI. The long-ball came in form of a two-run shot in the top of the ninth inning.

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