"While one milestone might have vanished from the realm of possibility on Monday night, another moved well within Matt Kemp's reach.

Kemp almost certainly won't win the National League's triple crown, not after he was one for four in the Dodgers' 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks to lower his average to .324. That dropped him 10 points behind batting title frontrunners Jose Reyes of the New York Mets and Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers.

But Kemp's towering three-run blast against Daniel Hudson in the first inning counted as his league-leading 38th home run. Two more swings like that in the next two games and Kemp will become only the fifth player in major league history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season."