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:home run 1
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The South used a home run of its own (Tristan Gray) to sneak back ahead in the seventh, but the North added its second dinger to lock the score at 2.
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With his latest dinger, Stanton is on pace to hit 60.4 homers.
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None from Justin Bour, the Miami Marlins’ first baseman with 20 dingers of his own.
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Home runs — also known as long balls, four-baggers, dingers and taters — have been a major attraction in baseball since Babe Ruth slugged 54 in 1920, his first season with the Yankees.
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A night after hitting two dingers, Rainiers left fielder Tyler O’Neill hit another home run, his 14th of the season, but Tacoma lost 6-3 at Reno in a Pacific Coast League game Wednesday night.
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Dingers as the Driver Even in a year that's featuring record home run rates (1.26 per team per game)—perhaps due in part to juiced baseballs and a philosophical shift in hitting styles—
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Breazeale hit his first professional dinger leading off the seventh and in the very next inning, Ripken drilled his first as an IronBird, a three-run shot to left field.
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Dodger dingers: The Dodgers have a 10-game winning streak.
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