Add another asterisk to the once-exclusive 500-homers club. 

--C Russell Martin, whose entire season had been a struggle at the plate, finally broke out Wednesday with three hits in five at-bats. 

A 98-year-old record fell Wednesday night, as the Los Angeles Dodgers surpassed the 1911 Detroit Tigers for the most consecutive home victories to start a season by any team in the modern era. 

--LHP Brent Leach finally made his major league debut, four days after being recalled for the first time from Class AA Chattanooga. 

TheLosAngelesDodgers will try to set the modern- day major league record for consecutive start-of-the-season home victories tonight when they face the Washington Nationals atDodger Stadium in a matchup of teams with Major League Baseball's best and worst  

I don't know how much Baseball history Chase Utley has absorbed, but he probably ought to soak up a little on Pete Reiser. 

Something unexpected happened Wednesday night atDodger Stadium. 

It was too warm for fleece blankets, too soon for back-to-school lunch boxes, too late for Joe Beimel bobblehead dolls. 

Joe Torre has warned his players about letting a record home start go to their heads. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers are off to quite a start, but manager Joe Torre doesn't want his team to get caught up with numbers. 

TheLosAngelesDodgers will try to match the major league record for consecutive start-of-the-season home victories tonight when they face the Arizona Diamondbacks atDodger Stadium in the finale of a two- game series. 

Jeff Weaver's first major league victory in 20 months -- his previous one had come for Seattle at Oakland on Sept. 

--RHP Hiroki Kuroda continued to make progress is his effort to come back from a mild left oblique strain, playing catch without discomfort. 

Fresh from their first four-game sweep of the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers came into the week riding high. 

One more victory will give the Los Angeles Dodgers a longer home winning streak from the start of a season than any major league team since 1900.