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The New York Yankees homered nine times on Tuesday night in a 13-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, and they’re looking to build on a strong 7-3 stretch on Wednesda
In one night, Stanton tied and passed 1970s-‘80s slugger Dave Kingman on the career home run list, moving ahead of “Kong” with his 443rd, good for 43rd all-time. Next up are Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Vladimir Guerrero at 449.
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Yankees become 1st MLB team to hit 9 home runs in a game twice in one season
José Caballero hit two home runs in 86 games with the Tampa Bay Rays this season. The speedy utilityman matched that total in one night Tuesday as the New York Yankees put on quite a power show. “I think it’s from hanging around with these guys,
After a lot of heavy rain that delayed the first pitch almost two hours until 9:31 p.m., the Yankees reigned homers in their spring training ballpark. Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton went back-to-back-to-back in the first inning with one out off Rays right-hander Shane Baz, and that was the start of a power show for the ages.
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According to Bryan Hoch of MLB .com, that makes the Yankees the first team in Major League Baseball history with multiple nine-homer games, period. The fact that they did so twice in the same season is the type of baseball oddity that makes the game so fun to watch.
The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays are playing a two-game series this week at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla.
Manager Aaron Boone has actually been part of three of the four nine-plus home run games, as, in addition to being The Bombers’ coach for their two games, he also hit the first home run of the Reds’ nine-homer barrage on September 4, 1999. (Thank you to Sarah Langs for the stats).
It is once again time to embark on another 72-hour craze over the legitimacy of the Yankees’ bats and how they are changing the sport.
Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, and Giancarlo Stanton hit back-to-back-to-back home runs, giving the New York Yankees a 3-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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