Joc Pederson is the leadoff hitter you always wanted.
The Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder homered in the first at-bat of Saturday's game against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park to set the franchise record for most leadoff homers in a single season with eight.
Pederson punished a 1-2 curveball from right-hander Dereck Rodriguez into the Levi's Landing area in left field to give the left-handed slugger his eighth leadoff homer of the 2018 season and 11th of his career.
Pederson surpassed Davey Lopes 1979 mark of seven leadoff homers in a single season to set a new Dodgers franchise record.
A victory would clinch a postseason berth for the Boys in Blue for the sixth consecutive season.
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