All-Star closer Kenley Jansen made his celebrated return to a reeling bullpen on Monday night, but his presence only compounded the Dodgers' persistent problem.
Balls are flying out of the park at the highest rate since the steroid era, and theories from global warming to a new hitting approach to changes to the baseballs themselves are being discussed.
Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager belted three home runs Friday night in a victory over visiting Atlanta to become the team's first rookie since 1959 to do so.
Rookie Aledmys Diaz hit a tiebreaking, pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning, the second of a major-league-record three pinch-hit homers by the Cardinals, who rallied to beat the Braves 7-4.
From Carlos Correa to Howie Kendrick, baseball's sluggers had quite a day Monday, as they set single-day playoff records with 21 home runs and 61 total runs.
David Ortiz has become the 27th player in major league history, the fourth player in Boston Red Sox history, and the fourth Dominican Republic native to reach the 500-home run threshold.
