MLB Record for Most HRs in Single Month Set with Justin Smoak Blast vs. Red Sox

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak helped make Major League Baseball history Friday night when he cracked a three-run blast in the first inning against the Boston Red Sox to set the league record for home runs in a month. 

According to ESPN.com news services, there have now been 1,070 home runs hit in June following Smoak's shot to left-center, besting the mark of 1,069 set in May 2000. 

ESPN Stats & Info also noted the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers both reached uncharted territory when it comes to the long ball: 

The spike in home runs has been a noticeable trend throughout the first three months of the MLB season, and players have started publicly theorizing that balls have undergone some sort of change.

"One hundred percent," Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price told USA Today's Bob Nightengale. "We have all talked about it."

That sentiment was echoed by New York Mets reliever Jerry Blevins. 

"It just feels like there's been a lot of home runs being hit by guys who normally don't hit them, or by guys who normally don't him them where they hit them," he said, per Nightengale. "I've seen so many home runs that just don't look normal."

Major League Baseball, it should be noted, denied the composition of its baseballs has been altered in a statement provided to USA Today. 

Changes or no changes, trends to this point suggest balls should continue to fly out of parks at historic rates as the season progresses.