Stanton hits 50th homer
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Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton belted his 50th home run of the season on Sunday, becoming the 28th player in Major League Baseball history to reach the milestone in a single campaign. Stanton’s two-run blast off Padres pitcher Clayton Richard in the eighth inning gave Miami a 4-2 lead, and it went on to win the game 6-2. Stanton’s feat had fans at Marlins Park chanting “MVP! MVP!” as he became the first National League player since Prince Fielder in 2007 to hit as many as 50 home runs. Stanton is the sixth major leaguer to hit his 50th home run before the end of August, joining Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Luis Gonzalez and Roger Maris. Bonds, whose feats have been clouded by his links to performance enhancing drugs, holds the single-season record of 73, set in 2001. With 10 more homers he would become just the sixth player in MLB history to reach 60 in a season. Seventeen of his home runs have come in August alone, and with one more he’ll equal the record for the month, Rudy York’s 18 established in 1937.
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