The New York Yankees faced criticism for their reliance on home runs, which resurfaced after their 4-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals, where all runs stemmed from solo shots. Four players, including Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Trent Grisham, hit home runs, marking an unusual offensive strategy. Historically, the franchise record for runs from solo homers stands at five in a game. The article reminisces about a similar game in 2004 against the Tigers, emphasizing the rarity of such performances and the implications for playoff success.
On Monday, the Yankees beat Kansas City 4-1, with every run coming from four different solo home runs. Jazz Chisholm Jr., Trent Grisham, Ben Rice, and Austin Wells all went deep off of Royals starter Seth Lugo to help the Yankees to a win.
Getting all your offense via solo homers isn't all that common...the Yankee franchise record for most runs in a game coming entirely from solo blasts is just one more than Monday's game: five.
On July 15, 2004, the Yankees were in Detroit to take on the Tigers. The Yankees were pretty good that year before the season was oddly cancelled halfway through the ALCS. Meanwhile, Detroit was still a couple years away from their 2006 breakout season.
The Yankees did strike back pretty quickly, though. Kenny Lofton got the Yankees on the board with a solo homer in the third, and Derek Jeter followed him with another two batters later.
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