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Reds’ bullpen sets MLB record for HRs allowed
- Updated: September 17, 2016
CINCINNATI — With a homer surrendered by Blake Wood to Jung Ho Kang in the seventh inning of Friday’s 9-7 loss to the Pirates, the Reds’ bullpen has set the Major League record for home runs allowed in a single season with 93.
The Reds tied the record on Wednesday when Ross Ohlendorf allowed a homer to Milwaukee’s Domingo Santana. The record was previously held by the 1964 Athletics. The homer also put them at 236 homers allowed as a staff, tying the 2004 club record. It also places them within three of the National League record, set by the 2001 Rockies, and five of the all-time record for homers allowed by a staff, set at 241 by the 1996 Tigers.
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