Teams break one-day playoff record with 21 homers
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From Carlos Correa to Adrian Gonzalez, baseball's sluggers had quite a day.
There were 21 home runs Monday, a record for one day in postseason play. The latest was a solo shot by Howie Kendrick in the ninth inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers in their NL Division Series game against the New York Mets.
Correa hit two of Houston's four homers against Kansas City, and the Chicago Cubs hit a postseason-record six home runs in their victory over St. Louis. Three of Toronto's first eight batters homered in an ALDS win at Texas.
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The previous postseason record was 15 home runs on Oct. 3, 1995, according to STATS. Like Monday, there were four postseason games on that day 20 years ago.