Adrian Gonzalez Is a Home Run Machine

Dodgers slugger is on pace for 270 home runs this season.

ByABC News
April 9, 2015, 1:36 AM
Los Angeles Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez watches his solo home run in front of San Diego Padres catcher Derek Norris during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, April 8, 2015.
Los Angeles Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez watches his solo home run in front of San Diego Padres catcher Derek Norris during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, April 8, 2015.
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— -- Adrian Gonzalez is having a powerful season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman became the first person in Major League Baseball history Wednesday to hit five home runs in his team’s first three games – a prodigious pace that, if continued, would see Gonzalez hit 270 home runs this season.

Three of those home runs came Wednesday, in the first, fourth and fifth innings against San Diego Padres pitcher Andrew Cashner. He singled against Frank Garces in his fourth at-bat, driving in another run and raising his batting average to .769.

No other player has ever hit five home runs through his team’s first three games of the season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

PHOTO: Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Lorenzo Bundy, left, congratulates Adrian Gonzalez for hitting a solo home run during the third inning, his second of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles, April 8, 2015.
Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Lorenzo Bundy, left, congratulates Adrian Gonzalez for hitting a solo home run during the third inning, his second of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles, April 8, 2015.

Only two other teams – the Red Sox and Rockies – have hit five home runs this season.

Barry Bonds holds the record for most home runs in a season, with 73 in 2001, but that came at a … ahem … different time for the game.

PHOTO: Los Angeles Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez, left, points to the sky after hitting a home run against the San Diego Padres during the first inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, April 8, 2015.
Los Angeles Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez, left, points to the sky after hitting a home run against the San Diego Padres during the first inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles, April 8, 2015.

Gonzalez, 32, is a four-time All-Star. He entered this season with 262 career home runs, including a personal best of 40 in 2009.

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