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The Los Angeles Dodgers picked up right where they left off in 2018 as MLB‘s second-best home-run-hitting team, setting a new Opening Day record with eight home runs in a 12-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Left fielder Joc Pederson opened the Dodgers’ 2019 account in the bottom of the second inning with a two-run, 420-foot homer to center field off of D-backs starter Zack Greinke.
Center fielder Enrique “Kiki” Hernandez replicated Pederson’s two-run pop two innings later. Catcher Austin Barnes barely let Hernandez’s smash land before he hit his own solo shot, and shortstop Corey Seager didn’t let the bottom of the fourth end before adding another solo homer. L.A. held a 7-0 lead heading into the fifth.
Pederson’s second home run of the afternoon, another two-run shot, came in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The bottom of the seventh was the grand finale as Hernandez, right fielder Cody Bellinger and second baseman Max Muncy each jacked solo homers.
The previous MLB Opening Day record for home runs was six, originally set in 1988 by the New York Mets and tied last season by the Chicago White Sox (h/t NBC Sports).
The eight home runs tied a Dodgers franchise record for the most in any single game.
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With their 8th HR, the Dodgers have tied their franchise record for a game.
The Dodgers also have the most players with a home run on opening day in the Live Ball era (since 1920). https://t.co/qWBS8NdyC4
The Dodgers couldn’t have asked for a better start to 2019 as they embark on a quest to make it back to their third World Series in a row and win it for the first time since 1988.
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