Royals' Alex Gordon hits MLB's record 5,694th home run of season

If it feels like you've seen a lot of home runs in 2017, it's because you have: We have a new major league record for home runs in one season. The record-setting blast came courtesy of Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, who took? Toronto's Ryan Tepera deep in the eighth inning on Tuesday for the 5,694th home run in the majors this season, breaking the previous record set in 2000.? Alex Presley of the Detroit Tigers tied the mark shortly before with his fifth-inning homer off? Oakland Athletics?pitcher Daniel Gossett. There were 5,610 homers last year, an average of 2.31 per game. ...