Adrián González hit his 100th home run as a Dodger in a 5–2 win Thursday. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

by Rowan Kavner

Curtis Granderson’s third home run in his first six games as a Dodger found the Allegheny River behind right field at PNC Park, and the Dodgers never looked back from there Thursday night.

Granderson’s go-ahead fourth-inning homer preceded a Kiké Hernández seventh-inning RBI single on his 26th birthday and back-to-back eighth inning homers from Yasmani Grandal and Adrián González to give the Dodgers their 90th win of the season.

The Dodgers didn’t get their 90th win last season until Sept. 25. This year, they got it more than a month sooner, reaching the mark Aug. 24 in just 126 games, becoming the fastest team in franchise history to 90 wins both by date and overall games played.

No other Major League team has reached 80 wins, and no other National League West team has more than 70 wins.

The Dodgers are one of just 12 Major League teams since 1900 to reach 90 wins in their first 126 games, and they’re one of just three teams to reach 90 wins by Aug. 25 of a season.

In addition, the 5–2 victory Thursday at Pittsburgh moved the Dodgers to 19–0–3 in their last 22 series, with their last series loss occurring nearly three months ago June 5–7 against Washington.

Ryu allowed one run in six innings to get the win Thursday.

Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed just one run in six innings to earn the win. He hasn’t lost a game since that Washington series — a span of 10 straight starts without a loss. In his last five starts, he’s allowed a combined four runs in 30 innings, and he’s sporting a 1.54 ERA and 1.06 WHIP since the All-Star break.

Ryu even helped himself at the plate, tying Kenta Maeda for second among Dodger pitchers this year in hits with his fourth of the year, trailing only Clayton Kershaw (six) in the category.

“My base-running was actually pretty good, too, so I’m very satisfied,” Ryu said through a translator, with a grin on his face.

For González, who collected his 2,000th career hit two games prior, the home run to finish off the Dodger scoring was his 100th as a Dodger, tying current Dodger catching coach Steve Yeager for the 25th most in team history.

That homer came one pitch after Grandal launched his third home run in his last four games.

Three of the Dodgers’ 14 hits on the night came off the bat of Chris Taylor, who raised his batting average for the season to .313 in the process. Of the 12 National League players batting .310 or better, three — Taylor, Justin Turner and Corey Seager — are Dodger players.

With Taylor, the hits often come in bunches. The three-hit game was his team-leading 13th the year, helping the Dodgers bounce back from Wednesday’s disheartening finish and making Hernández’s 26th birthday an enjoyable one.

“Long flight, sit right behind Chase (Utley), so I don’t think there’s going to be any partying,” Hernández joked to SportsNet LA’s Alanna Rizzo, as the Dodgers head home for a three-game weekend homestand against the Brewers. “But we won, so that’s all I can ask for.”