LOS ANGELES -- When Will Smith signed a 10-year, $125 million extension with the Dodgers before the start of the season, he knew there was an opportunity for him to become one of the best catchers in an organization that has had more than its fair share of stars at the position.

While there’s a long way to go before Smith is among those names, he’s off to a pretty good start. After his three-homer game on Friday, he became just the fourth backstop in Dodgers history to accomplish the feat, joining Roy Campanella, Mike Piazza and Yasmani Grandal.

Smith, however, wasn’t done doing damage, as he smashed a two-run homer in the first inning on Saturday off right-hander Freddy Peralta in the Dodgers’ 5-3 win over the Brewers at Dodger Stadium. With that blast, Smith homered in four consecutive at-bats, tying him for the AL/NL record. He’s the first Dodgers player to do it since Adrián González from April 7-8, 2015. He’s just the third player to do it as a catcher in AL/NL history, joining Johnny Bench (1973) and Benito Santiago (1996).

In his second at-bat of the game, Smith just got under a four-seamer up in the zone, sending center fielder Blake Perkins to the warning track.

“He’s just so consistent and he just doesn’t get the recognition that he deserves of being one of the top two catchers in the game,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Friday. “Today he came up big, and until that eighth inning, it was all him, essentially.”

Prior to this weekend’s series against the Brewers, Smith hadn’t had the same impact offensively as the Dodgers have grown accustomed to since he became their everyday catcher in 2020. Uncharacteristically, he had homered just twice since the start of June.

Still, Roberts praised Smith for not running away from the struggles and working through them. His ability to withstand tough stretches is a big reason the Dodgers decided to invest in him long term. The fact that he can change games with four homers in a span of 24 hours helps, too.

In the eighth, Miguel Vargas delivered a go-ahead pinch-hit homer, the first of his career. It was the second straight game with a homer for Vargas, who is expected to get more playing time with Jason Heyward sidelined for at least a few weeks due to a left knee bone bruise. Shohei Ohtani also hit a solo homer off left-hander Bryan Hudson to give the Dodgers more breathing room.