A week without a home run might as well be an eternity this season for Giancarlo Stanton.
Stanton had gone six games and nine days without one.
That drought ended Monday night when Stanton smacked an 89.5 mph slider from Matt Harvey and deposited it just behind the base of the Marlins Park home run sculpture for his major-league leading 55th of the season.
Stanton has the most homers in a single-season since Ryan Howard hit 58 in 2006.
With 12 games remaining this season, Stanton is on pace to hit 59.
Should he reach 60 homers, Stanton would become the sixth player in major-league history to do so and first since 2001 when Barry Bonds set the record with 73 and Sammy Sosa hit 64.