The Cubs and Reds powered the ball out of Great American Ballpark Monday night as the teams combined for seven home runs. Kris Bryant (3) and Joey Votto (2) hit five of those, while Jake Arrieta and Anthony Rizzo joined in as Chicago beat Cincinnati 11-8. Arrieta got the win but did not pitch well. He carried a heavy workload over the last calendar year, and given his recent performances, those innings may be catching up with him.

I recently saw that the Orioles are close to the team record for home runs in any month, and need seven homers in three days to tie the record at 58. That would be impressive given that June is a short month. It turns out, June 2016 may be one of the top months of all time across the majors.

So far, June produced 917 home runs, or 33.9 per day. Over 30 days, that projects to 1019 home runs in the month. The record is 1069 set in May of 2000, followed by 1033 in August of 2004. The only other month to come close to 1000 home runs was June of 2001 at 995. June 2016 has a very good chance of at least setting the June record.