"A minute before the Los Angeles Dodgers were about to hold a pregame team meeting Monday, outfielder Matt Kemp strolled into the visitor's locker room ready to go to work at Chase Field.

He wasn't late for the meeting, but he most likely was trying to avoid pregame questions from reporters about his pursuit of the Triple Crown.

A strong September is allowing Kemp to continue his chase for a Triple Crown, a feat most recently accomplished in the National League by the St. Louis Cardinals' Joe Medwick in 1937 and in the American League in 1967 by the Boston Red Sox's Carl Yastrzemski.

"Do I want it (Triple Crown)?" he said after Monday's game. "Of course. But I don't want to force it. I have about nine or 10 at-bats, we'll see what happens.""