The Yankees produced a 13-3 rout of the Rays by hitting nine home runs, tying the franchise single-game record and matching a mark set earlier this season. Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, and three players—Bellinger, Stanton and Jose Caballero—each homered twice. The club became the first team in major-league history to hit nine or more homers in a game twice in a single season. The offensive outburst recalled the March 29 performance when the Yankees also recorded nine homers in one game.
Incredibly, for the second time this season. The Yankees hit a franchise record-tying nine home runs in their 13-3 evisceration of the Rays Tuesday night, with Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton going back-to-back in the first inning. It was reminiscent of March 29 against the Brewers at the Stadium when the Yankees first set the nine-homer record, with Paul Goldschmidt, Bellinger and Judge going back-to-back-to-back on three straight pitches by former Yankee Nestor Cortes to start that game.
Bellinger, Stanton and one of the newest Yankees, Jose Caballero, acquired from the Rays at the trade deadline, each hit two homers apiece. It marked just the second time in franchise history the Yankees saw three players hit at least two homers in a game. The first time was May 30, 1961, when Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Bill Skowron hit two apiece.
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