Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk ties Cal Raleigh's very recently set MLB playoff home run record

You'd be forgiven if you forgot altogether that Alejandro Kirk had delivered an absolutely massive swing relatively early in Game 3 of the World Series.

The Toronto Blue Jays' stout catcher clobbered a three-run home run to center field to push the Blue Jays into the lead.

Of course, that didn't last, and then the Los Angeles Dodgers won in 18 innings, 6-5, so everything that happens before feels a bit moot for Toronto.

But that home run for Kirk was a record setter, or at least, a record-tying blast.

It was Kirk's fifth home run of the postseason. Only twice before has a catcher hit five homers in a single playoffs, according to MLB Network's Sarah Langs.

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The first was Sandy Alomar Jr. for Cleveland in 1997, and then Cal Raleigh did it this year for the Seattle Mariners.

Maybe Raleigh would've been the first catcher to hit six home runs in one postseason if the Mariners had gotten by the Blue Jays in Game 7 of the ALCS. But it was Kirk and Toronto advancing, and now Kirk has tied this record.

There are at least two games remaining in the World Series, with the Dodgers up 2-1. Blue Jays fans will be hoping there are more than that.

That's time for Kirk to set a new record for home runs by a catcher in a single postseason.

Sure, it'd feel pretty hollow if it didn't come in victory. But if Kirk keeps homering, it does increase Toronto's chances of coming back in this series.

Besides, it's fun to watch the 5-foot-8, 245-pound catcher get all of a baseball and then trot around the bases. He might as well do it a few more times.

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