- The New York Yankees hit nine home runs in a single game for the second time this season, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 13-3.
- Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, and Giancarlo Stanton hit consecutive home runs in the first inning.
- Bellinger, Stanton and Jose Caballero each hit two home runs apiece.
For the second time in franchise history – and also the second time this season – the New York Yankees have hit nine home runs in one game.
After blasting the Brewers for nine dingers on March 29, the Bronx Bombers did it again Tuesday night, Aug. 19, when they connected for nine more in a 13-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
After the first pitch was delayed nearly two hours by rain, Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the first inning off Rays starter Shane Baz as the Yankees became the first MLB team ever to have two nine-homer games in the same season.
The Yankees looked extremely comfortable playing at George Steinbrenner Field – their spring training home in Tampa. The ballpark, whose dimensions mirror Yankee Stadium, is being used as the Rays’ temporary home this season while Tropicana Field is undergoing repairs from hurricane damage last fall.
Bellinger, Stanton and former Ray Jose Caballero each hit a pair of home runs, and were joined by Judge, catcher Ben Rice and second baseman Jazz Chisholm in the historic power-hitting display.
‘It was awesome to see,’ Stanton said during his postgame interview on the YES Network. ‘It was incredible across the board.’