Just four days after the Minnesota Twins set a new major league record for home runs in a season by hitting their 268th long ball of the year, the Los Angeles Dodgers have accomplished a similar feat. As ESPN reports, the team broke the National League record for homers in a season, thanks to two blasts from Joc Pederson in a 7-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
The Dodgers currently have 250 home runs this season, putting them ahead of the 2000 Houston Astros, who knocked 249 that year.
The team just missed making history a second time by hitting a total of 12 home runs in their series against the Rockies. Their franchise record for a three-game series is 14. Cody Bellinger currently leads the team with 44 homers, followed by Max Muncy with 33. Pederson has 32.
With a little less than a month to go in the regular season, it’s possible that the Dodgers could break the new record set by the Twins. But as a National League team, they’re at a disadvantage since pitchers hit in their lineup while the American League teams, of course, rely on the designated hitter.
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