Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun hit a fifth-inning grand slam in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, tying Robin Yount at 251 homers for first place on the all-time franchise list, per ESPN Stats & Info.
Braun finished his day with just the one hit in four at-bats, but he did pick up another RBI on a groundout in the first inning.
Now sitting at 21 home runs with a .272/.340/.491 batting line for the season, the 31-year-old outfielder is having a great campaign by the standards of most players, yet his production has arguably been somewhat disappointing for a second straight year.
After posting an OPS above .860 in each of his first seven big league seasons, Braun had a .777 mark in 2014 and is now at .831 in 2015.
Still the centerpiece of a respectable Milwaukee lineup, Braun has fallen from superstar status since memorably being suspended for performance-enhancing drugs in 2013. He is instead settling in as merely a very good player.
There was still little question that he'd eventually set the all-time franchise record for home runs, and it now seems likely the record will be his alone at some point within the next week or two.
With his contract running through 2021, Braun will also have plenty of time to pad his lead over Yount, potentially even crossing the 400- or 500-homer mark in a Milwaukee uniform some day.
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