Cody Bellinger Leads MLB With 7 Homers And 18 RBI's

MLB.com reports:

As the Dodgers completed a series sweep at Coors Field Sunday night with a 12-6 rout of Colorado, Bellinger slugged his MLB-leading seventh home run for his 18th RBI. Since RBIs began being tracked in 1920, the only other player with seven homers and 18 RBIs in the first 10 games of a season was Willie Mays in 1964, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

And Bellinger didn’t stop there on this night, showing off all the tools in his kit on Sunday Night Baseball. He legged out an infield single before Max Muncy’s homer, doubled, scored four runs, made a very tough catch in foul ground to cut off a Colorado rally in the first inning and threw out Trevor Story trying to go first to third on a two-out, sixth-inning single by Nolan Arenado with the Rockies down by six runs.

“I think any way you can help offensively or defensively, and if you can get both in one day, that’s a huge confidence booster and everyone wants to do that,” said Bellinger.

Bellinger is batting .455 with a 1.512 OPS. And he has only six strikeouts in 44 at-bats (13.6 percent) after striking out 27 percent of the time last year.

“Just feel really good and just trying to stay within myself in the cage and not get too ahead of myself and give in to the hype and just try to perform,” he said.