There were 5,610 home runs during the regular season, second only behind the Steroids Era high of 5,693 in 2000. Already in the young playoffs, Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion homered to win the AL wild-card game, San Francisco's Conor Gillaspie had a go-ahead, ninth-inning drive in the NL game and the Cubs' Javier Baez hit a decisive eighth-inning shot to win an NL Division Series opener. Cubs pitcher Travis Wood became the first reliever to hit a home run in the postseason since 1924.