Dodgers set franchise record for home runs in a season for second consecutive year

LOS ANGELES — Yasmani Grandal smashed a solo shot in the sixth inning Saturday night, breaking the Dodgers franchise record for team home runs hit in one season for the second consecutive season.

Grandal’s homer was the Dodgers 222nd home runs of 2018, beating last year’s team with seven more games left to expand on their achievement.

The Dodgers rank first in the National League in home runs this season, trailing only the Yankees (251) in all of baseball. They have seven players altogether with at least 20 homers in 2018, also a franchise record.

Max Muncy (33), Joc Pederson (24), Yasmani Grandal (24), Cody Bellinger (23) Yasiel Puig (22), Kike Hernandez (21) and Matt Kemp (20) broke the previous record of six players, also set last season.

17 different Dodgers have hit a home run this season, including 12 from Manny Machado who crushed a three-run job into the right field pavilion on his bobblehead night Saturday.