new york highlanders was the team that hit the longest recorded homerun in mlb history.
new york highlanders was the team that hit the longest recorded homerun in mlb history.
who is the team that hit the longest recorded homerun in mlb history?
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the dodgers returned home to start a nine-game homestand, starting with a four-game series with the new york mets. kershaw allowed a career high four home runs, but the dodgers offense picked up the slack, as they won 10–6. bellinger hit two home runs to record his fifth multi-homer game, while justin turner and chris taylor also homered. bellinger became the fastest player in mlb history to hit 21 homers, passing wally berger (1930). he homered again in the next game, becoming the first rookie in mlb history to hit 10 homers in 10 games. corey seager homered three times as well as the dodgers beat the mets 12–0. in the third game, yasmani grandal homered twice while puig hit a three-run home run and the dodgers beat the mets 8–2. in the series finale, joc pederson hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning as the dodgers extended their winning streak to a season high seven games with a 6–3 win. this was the dodgers first four-game series sweep of the mets since the 1979 season. the dodgers continued their homestand with a three-game weekend series with the colorado rockies. alex wood allowed one run in six innings pitched, while yasiel puig homered and justin turner had three hits as the dodgers beat the rockies 6–1. this was the 15th straight game the dodgers had hit at least one homer in, their longest streak since 1977. the following day, kershaw pitched six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts to pick up his eleventh win as the dodgers beat the rockies 4–0. pederson extended the dodgers homer streak to 16 with a solo shot in the third, and the dodgers won their 50th game of the season, the third fastest team to reach that mark in los angeles franchise history behind only the 1974 and 1977 seasons. in the series finale, mccarthy struggled with his command early and the dodgers fell behind 5–0 after three innings but they battled back behind two more homers by bellinger (his sixth multi-homer game as a rookie, setting a new dodgers franchise record) and scored five runs off four adam ottavino wild pitches in the seventh and eighth to win the game 12–6. the dodgers extended their winning streak to a season high 10 games, making it three straight series sweep, and the five runs scored on wild pitches was the most by any team since 1920. at four hours and nineteen minutes, this was the longest nine-inning game in dodger stadium history. the streak came to an end the next day as the dodgers dropped the opener of an interleague series against the crosstown rival los angeles angels, 4–0. ricky nolasco shut down the dodgers, allowing only five hits in 6 innings as the homer streak was snapped at 17, second longest in team history. the dodgers finished off the homestand with a 4–0 victory over the angels. kenta maeda pitched seven scoreless innings and joc pederson hit a three run homer.
2017 los angeles dodgers season