Wladimir Balentien broke the NPB single-season HR mark early this morning, hitting his 56th home run of the year, breaking a record held by the great Sadaharu Oh since 1964. Check out this video, it’s awesome:

And, later in the game, he hit number 57.

However, the MVP of Yesterday is technically meant just for MLB, and thankfully, there is a very good candidate: Brandon Belt, who went 5-6 with a HR and 6 RBI in the Giants’ runaway 19-3 victory over the Dodgers. He JUST edges out Hunter Pence, who had 7 RBI, but only 3 hits.

Standings, as usual, under the jump:

Miguel Cabrera: 6

Matt Harvey: 4

Yu Darvish: 4

Chris Davis: 4

Robinson Cano: 4

Adam Wainwright: 4

Jose Fernandez: 4

Bryce Harper: 3

Brandon Moss: 3

Jordan Zimmermann: 3

Yasiel Puig: 3

Carlos Gonzalez: 3

Clayton Kershaw: 3

Joey Votto: 2

Patrick Corbin: 2

Giancarlo Stanton: 2

Justin Masterson: 2

Homer Bailey: 2

Tim Lincecum: 2

Josh Reddick: 2

Justin Ruggiano: 2

Billy Butler: 2

Shane Victorino: 2

Brandon Barnes: 2

Todd Frazier: 2

Jay Bruce: 2

Cliff Pennington: 1

Cliff Lee: 1

Justin Upton: 1

Travis Hafner: 1

Hiroki Kuroda: 1

Joe Mauer: 1

Chris Johnson: 1

Mark Ellis: 1

Alex Cobb: 1

David Ortiz: 1

Carlos Gomez: 1

Tim Hudson: 1

Denard Span: 1

Drew Stubbs: 1

Stephen Drew: 1

Evan Longoria: 1

Scott Kazmir: 1

Shelby Miller: 1

Chris Sale: 1

Aaron Hicks: 1

Shin-Soo Choo:1

Will Middlebrooks: 1

Aramis Ramirez: 1

Mike Trout: 1

Jose Bautista: 1

Anibal Sanchez: 1

Mike Minor: 1

Pete Kozma: 1

Kelly Johnson: 1

Hyun-jin Ryu: 1

Dioner Navarro: 1

Travis Wood: 1

Jonathan Lucroy: 1

Domonic Brown: 1

Kyle Kendrick: 1

Kevin Slowey: 1

Dan Uggla: 1

Adam Dunn: 1

Aaron Harang: 1

Jesse Chavez: 1

Eric Stults: 1

B.J. Upton: 1

Zack Greinke: 1

Mat Latos: 1

Rickie Weeks: 1

R.A. Dickey: 1

Derek Holland: 1

Yunel Escobar: 1

Kirk Nieuwenhuis: 1

Cody Ross: 1

Michael Brantley: 1

Buster Posey: 1

Alex Rios: 1

Freddie Freeman: 1

Raul Ibanez: 1

Yadier Molina: 1

C.J. Wilson: 1

Mike Napoli: 1

Matt Moore: 1

David Price: 1

Mark Buehrle: 1

Felix Hernandez: 1

Chris Archer: 1

Mike Moustakas: 1

Michael Saunders: 1

A.J. Burnett: 1

Jeremy Guthrie: 1

Andrew Albers: 1

Matt Holliday: 1

Stephen Strasburg: 1

Paul Goldschmidt: 1

Alfonso Soriano: 1

Sonny Gray: 1

Jarrod Parker: 1

Anthony Rizzo: 1

Ricky Nolasco: 1

Daniel Murphy: 1

Adrian Gonzalez: 1

Ivan Nova: 1

Michael Cuddyer: 1

Chris Colabello: 1

Pablo Sandoval: 1

Yusmeiro Petit: 1

Brandon McCarthy: 1

Juan Uribe: 1

Hunter Pence: 1

Jose Reyes: 1

Jarrod Saltalamacchia: 1

Brandon Belt: 1