By the numbers

252

Career homers for Cincinnati’s Adam Dunn, who set a club record for left-handed batters with a three-run shot in the Reds’ 9-6 win over Pittsburgh, surpassing Ted Kluszewski.

56

Major league-leading runs by Houston’s Lance Berkman, who scored three times in the Astros’ 8-2 win over St. Louis.

9

Total home runs in an 11-inning, 10-9 win by Baltimore over the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon and Bobby Abreu connected for New York. Kevin Millar homered twice, and Ramon Hernandez, Luke Scott and Melvin Mora went deep for the Orioles.

525

Career home runs for Alex Rodriguez, who hit the milestone in the Yankees’ loss to Baltimore.

184

Total runs scored this season by Kansas City – fewest in the American League.