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[h=1]Twins' Brian Dozier continues epic home run tear in blowout loss[/h]
<cite class="byline vcard top-line">By Israel Fehr<abbr>11 hours ago</abbr></cite>
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</figure>Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.
Brian Dozier will not stop hitting home runs and now he’s taking down records in the process. Dozier launched a leadoff home run Tuesday night off Kansas City Royals starter Dillon Gee to make it five straight games with a homer, tying the Minnesota Twins’ record held by Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew and Marty Cordova.
His 39 homers on the season tie the mark for the most by an AL second baseman, set by Alfonso Soriano in 2002. The major-league record is 42, shared by Rogers Hornsby and Davey Johnson.
It’s the pace he’s on that’s especially absurd. Dozier’s hit 25 home runs since the All-Star break and 22 over his last 36 games. The always excellent Ryan Spaeder points out on Twitter that this stretch is almost Bondsian.
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<figcaption>Brian Dozier (Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>All these homers haven’t been nearly enough to keep the Twins from losing, though. They lost Monday’s game where he hit three and Tuesday the Royals exploded for seven runs in the ninth to win 10-3.
There’s not much else Dozier can do but keep on hitting those homers. We’ll see how long this streaks lasts and how many he has to his name when Minnesota’s season ends in about a month.
[h=1]Twins' Brian Dozier continues epic home run tear in blowout loss[/h]
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</figure>Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.
Brian Dozier will not stop hitting home runs and now he’s taking down records in the process. Dozier launched a leadoff home run Tuesday night off Kansas City Royals starter Dillon Gee to make it five straight games with a homer, tying the Minnesota Twins’ record held by Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew and Marty Cordova.
His 39 homers on the season tie the mark for the most by an AL second baseman, set by Alfonso Soriano in 2002. The major-league record is 42, shared by Rogers Hornsby and Davey Johnson.
It’s the pace he’s on that’s especially absurd. Dozier’s hit 25 home runs since the All-Star break and 22 over his last 36 games. The always excellent Ryan Spaeder points out on Twitter that this stretch is almost Bondsian.
Barry Bonds best 36 game stretch during 2001: 24 HR.
— Ryan M. Spaeder (@theaceofspaeder) September 7, 2016
<figure><figure class="cover get-lbdata-from-dom go-to-slideshow-lightbox" data-orig-index="0"> View photo— Ryan M. Spaeder (@theaceofspaeder) September 7, 2016
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<figcaption>Brian Dozier (Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>All these homers haven’t been nearly enough to keep the Twins from losing, though. They lost Monday’s game where he hit three and Tuesday the Royals exploded for seven runs in the ninth to win 10-3.
There’s not much else Dozier can do but keep on hitting those homers. We’ll see how long this streaks lasts and how many he has to his name when Minnesota’s season ends in about a month.
