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:
Matt Harvey: 4
Yu Darvish: 4
Chris Davis: 4
Bryce Harper: 3
Brandon Moss: 3
Yasiel Puig: 3
Joey Votto: 2
Homer Bailey: 2
Tim Lincecum: 2
Josh Reddick: 2
Billy Butler: 2
Todd Frazier: 2
Jay Bruce: 2
Cliff Lee: 1
Justin Upton: 1
Joe Mauer: 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
Scott Kazmir: 1
Chris Sale: 1
Aaron Hicks: 1
Mike Trout: 1
Mike Minor: 1
Pete Kozma: 1
Hyun-jin Ryu: 1
Travis Wood: 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
Cody Ross: 1
Buster Posey: 1
Alex Rios: 1
Raul Ibanez: 1
C.J. Wilson: 1
Mike Napoli: 1
Matt Moore: 1
David Price: 1
Mark Buehrle: 1
Chris Archer: 1
A.J. Burnett: 1
Sonny Gray: 1
Ivan Nova: 1
Juan Uribe: 1
Hunter Pence: 1
Jose Reyes: 1
Brandon Belt: 1