VIDEO: Edwin Encarnacion slugs his 15th and 16th home runs this month

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UPDATE: I should have known better than to think that Encarnacion was done for the night. He just hit another one, giving him 16 home runs this month. That ties him with Mickey Mantle (1956) as the only American League players to hit 16 home runs in May. Barry Bonds (2001) has the National League record for May with 17. Sammy Sosa (1998) has the all-time record for home runs in any month with 20.

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9:01 p.m. ET: Ho-hum. Another day, another home run for Edwin Encarnacion. It’s becoming routine at this point.

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That was a beauty. Encarnacion is now up to 17 home runs on the season and has 15 this month alone, which sets a new franchise record for any month. His teammate Jose Bautista set the previous Jays’ record when he hit 14 in June of 2012.

Just to put things into perspective here, Encarnacion has more home runs this month than both the Royals (11) and Cardinals (9). Yes, the entire teams.

Anthony Rendon fan interaction video looked into by MLB

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OAKLAND, Calif. – Major League Baseball is looking into a video circulating on social media that appears to show Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon grab a fan by the shirt through the bleacher guardrails after Thursday night’s game in Oakland, a league spokesperson said Friday.

Rendon looks to have grabbed the fan’s shirt near his chest through the bars of the railing and exchanged words with him before appearing to take a swipe at the bill of the man’s ballcap and walking into the tunnel.

Angels spokesman Adam Chodzko says the team has no comment. The Angels do not play Friday, but the club expects Rendon to address the video Saturday in the clubhouse before the game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland.

The video shows the fan, dressed in A’s colors, approach the railing as Rendon turns toward him from the tunnel walkway below. Rendon then appears to grab the man’s shirt and ask him what he just said, accusing the fan of calling him a derogatory term before swiping at his ballcap.

The A’s won the game 2-1.