MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols barely even noticed the premature walk he received during St. Louis' 7-1 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
But Brewers starter and former teammate Jeff Suppan did.
Suppan, part of the Cardinals' championship team last season, was rolling along to his 16th complete game of his career when Pujols came to plate with one out in the sixth inning.
Suppan got ahead of Pujols 0-2 before Pujols fouled off a pitch, took two balls and fouled off another. After the next pitch he was awarded first base by home plate umpire Dan Iassogna.
"I was mad at myself for going to 3-2 after being up 0-2, and then I saw him walking to first," said Suppan, who figured that maybe it was his mistake and he had walked him. "I looked at the umpire expecting him to call him back, but no one said anything. I just moved on and it didn't end up hurting me."
Pujols was erased a few moments later on a double play by Scott Rolen to end the inning.
Official scorer Tim O'Driscoll confirmed Pujols, who extended his hitting streak to nine with a single in the first, walked on the third ball of the at-bat.
This explains why the Brewers haven't won anything for 20 years. Didn't anybody else notice that the count was 3 balls, and if so, didn't anybody care enough to say something about it?
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