June 24

The Dodgers set a National League record with seven solo homers in an 8 – 7 win over the Mets. The last of these, hit by Justin Turner off Chris Flexen, provides the margin of victory. Enrique Hernandez and Cody Bellinger go deep twice each, and Max Muncy and Joc Pederson homer as well.

The Dodgers tie a National League record, last accomplished by the 2006 Braves, when the team socks seven solo shots, dealing the Mets a crushing 8-7 loss at Citi Field. Former New York infielder Justin Turner delivers the decisive dinger in the top of the twelfth inning to complete the series sweep and extend the team’s consecutive win streak over the Amazins to 12 consecutive victories.

Three different players hit their first career home run as the Athletics defeat the White Sox, 10-2. Matt Olson hits his first two long balls, and teammates Jaycob Brugman and Franklin Barreto, making his big league debut, also go deep in the win. This had not happened since 1914, with the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League pulling off the trick, with Duke Kenworthy, Art Kruger and John Potts hitting the long balls on April 26th. Daniel Gossett picks up his first major league win in the game.

The Lexington Legends, a Class A affiliate of the Royals, are giving away a Glenn Hubbard bobble head, depicting him with a snake draped around his neck. The inspiration of the minor league team’s promotion is based on the former Braves infielder’s 1984 Fleer baseball card on which he posed holding a real, eight-foot boa constrictor.

Marco Estrada of the Blue Jays takes a perfect game into the 8th inning until Logan Forsythe of the Rays barely beats out a slow roller to third for an infield single with one out. Just before Forsythe’s hit, 3B Josh Donaldsonhelps out Estrada with a tremendous catch as he leaps head-first into the stands to catch a foul pop-up by David DeJesus. This comes after Estrada had started his last start with 7 hitless innings. The game is scoreless until the 12th inning, when Chris Colabello hits a solo homer to give the Jays a 1 – 0 win.

Devin Mesoraco homers in his fifth consecutive game, tying a Reds’ record, previously accomplished by Ted Kluszewski (1954), George Crowe (1957), Johnny Bench (1972), Ken Griffey Jr. (2003), and Adam Dunn (2008). The Cincinnati catcher’s clout comes in the�ninth inning of the team’s 7-3 loss to Chicago at Wrigley Field.�

Justin and B.J. Upton homer in the same game for the Atlanta Braves for the fourth time since becoming teammates last season, tying the record for brothers homering for the same team in one game. Wilton and Vladimir Guerrero, and the Giambi brothers, Jeremy and Jason, share the mark. The two brothers had homered together three times in their first 20 games for the Braves in 2013, but had not done so since.

At Tropicana Field, the Rays halt the Blue Jays’ 11-game winning streak, 4-3, thanks to back-to-back-to-back home runs in the second inning by James Loney, Wil Myers, and Sam Fuld. It is the second time in franchise history that the team has hit three consecutive home runs; Evan Longoria, Willy Aybar, and Dioner Navarro accomplished the feat in Anaheim in 2008.

Rookie Yasiel Puig hits his 7th homer in 20 games and drives in the deciding run in the 8th in leading the Dodgers to a 3 – 1 win over the Giants.

Cody Ross hits two homers and drives in five runs as the Red Sox defeat Atlanta, 9 – 5. 3B Kevin Youkilis is removed from the game after hitting a triple in the 7th inning, then tips his cap to hometown fans and salutes his teammates in a teary farewell. The Sox confirm after the game that Youkilis has been traded to the Chicago White Sox in return for OF Brent Lillibridge and P Zach Stewart. He had recently lost his starting job at 3B to rookie Will Middlebrooks.