Article: DODGERS NOTEBOOK: BELTRE HITS 40TH IN GRAND STYLE.(Sports)

Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer

MONTREAL - Adrian Beltre continued to make his case for the National League MVP award Thursday night, swatting a fifth-inning grand slam off Montreal's Rocky Biddle that put the game on ice for the Dodgers and made Beltre just the 12th third baseman in major-league history to hit 40 home runs in a season.

Beltre, who leads the majors, has an outside shot at becoming the 22nd player in history to hit 50 in a season, especially if he continues his current pace.

He has homered 10 times in the Dodgers' past 15 games, and the Dodgers have 38 games to go.

``I don't know if I'll get to 41 right now,'' ...

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