duke snider has the most home runs in dodgers history.
who has the most home runs in dodgers history?
duke snider
with a lot of pressure riding on his now well-paid shoulders, green struggled at times in 2000, his first season with los angeles. still, he led the league in games played (with 162), and was 5th in the league in doubles with 44 (the second-highest total in dodgers history), while driving in 99 runs. he also had one of the longest consecutive games on-base streaks in baseball history, at 53; 5 behind duke snider's modern day national league (nl) record. he hit home runs in five straight games; the only other dodgers to achieve this feat are roy campanella (1950), matt kemp (2010), adrián gonzález (2014–15), and joc pederson (2015). he hit .329 in late innings of close games.
shawn green
the dodgers returned home to begin a 10-game homestand, starting with a four-game weekend series against the miami marlins. they defeated the marlins in the first game 7-2. yasiel puig hit a two-run home run in the second inning, ryu pitched well enough to get the win and kenley jansen pitched an immaculate inning in the ninth. alex wood pitched another 7 scoreless innings, extending his streak to 20 innings and the dodgers hit three home runs (taylor, brett eibner and bellinger) to beat the marlins 7–2 for the second straight day. julio urías struggled in the next game, allowing seven runs in only 2 innings. seager and bellinger hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh but it wasn't enough as the dodgers lost 10–6. bellinger became the fastest player in dodgers history to hit nine home runs. in the series finale, adrián gonzález was 3 for 4 with three rbi and joc pederson homered as the dodgers won 6–3 to take the series. after an off-day, the dodgers continued their homestand with a three-game series with the st. louis cardinals. in the opener, kershaw allowed only one run on three hits while striking out 10 in nine innings but was matched by lance lynn of the cardinals who allowed one run on two hits with 10 strikeouts in eight innings. the dodgers eventually won 2–1 on a walk-off double by logan forsythe, who came off the disabled list before the game, in the 13th inning. the following day, mike leake allowed only four hits in eight innings while rich hill struggled, walking seven, a career high, and allowing five runs in only four innings, as the cardinals won 6–1 to even the series. in the series finale, the dodgers came back from a 3-0 deficit to take the series with a 7-3 win. kenta maeda's two run rbi single in the fourth put the dodgers ahead for good and hyun-jin ryu pitched four scoreless innings out of the bullpen to earn his first major league save. the dodgers would conclude their 10-game homestead with a 3-day weekend series with the chicago cubs. wood continued his streak of scoreless innings, allowing only two hits while striking out eight in the opener of a weekend series against the chicago cubs. chase utley and adrián gonzález homered in the dodgers 4–0 shutout win. the dodgers won the next game as well. mccarthy and stripling combined to shut down the cubs, with stripling getting his first career save with three innings of relief. utley drove in three runs and chris taylor hit his sixth home run of the season in the 5–0 victory. the dodgers wrapped up their long homestand with a 9–4 win and a series sweep of the cubs for the first time since the 2012 season. kershaw struggled, giving up four runs, and failed to make it out of the fifth inning, but bellinger hit his 10th home run of the season, the fastest dodger to reach that mark in franchise history, and kike hernández, austin barnes and puig also homered in the game.
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