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 | Mario Cardenas Hits #500 Monday, June 17th , 2041 New York second baseman Mario Cardenas pounded a home run during the Empire 5-4 loss to Detroit yesterday. Despite the defeat, the long ball was a significant achievement and raised his career home run total to 500. "Some hitters never live up to the hype," said his manager. "Mario has definitely lived up to his. He's hammered the heck out of the ball year after year." The New York star went 1 hit for 4 at-bats during the game, scoring 1 run and had 3 runs batted in. Cardenas has a career .310 average with 2015 hits, including 493 doubles, 58 triples and 500 homers, collected 1345 RBIs, scored 1471 runs and compiled a .425 OBP. View Boxscore View Game Log |   |
