The New York Yankees got off to an incredible start this season, only to cool off in their past two games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. After riding high co

The Los Angeles Dodgers could not be hotter coming off their World Series victory over the New York Yankees. Taking the best-of-seven series in five games last fall, the Dodgers again spent an incredible amount of money during the offseason in order to reload the pieces surrounding superstar Shohei Ohtani.

Heading into Game 8 of the 2025 MLB season, it looked like the Los Angeles Dodgers might see their win streak snapped before they placed themselves solo in the annals of baseball history. Riding a seven-game win streak with victories over three teams expected to be competing for the playoffs this fall,

That brought their home-run total to 17 on the season, which Bryan Hoch of MLB.com noted is an all-time record for the first four games of a single campaign. The previous record was set in 2006 when the Detroit Tigers hit 16. This comes after the Bronx Bombers already tied the MLB record with 15 home runs through the first three games of a season.

In the seventh, pinch hitter Oswald Peraza homered to set the record. The Yankees became the third team in MLB history to hit nine homers in a game. The Toronto Blue Jays set the MLB record in 1987, becoming the only team to hit 10 in a game.

The New York Yankees tied Major League Baseball's all-time record for the most home runs hit through a team's first three games of a season on Sunday, launching four more home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers (GameTracker) to bring their seasonal total to 15.