Yankees tie club record with 9 home runs
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The Yankees matched a franchise record hitting nine homers Tuesday night in a 13-3 win over the Rays in Tampa.
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Judge, Bellinger and Stanton went back-to-back-to-back in the first inning to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead four batters into the game.
The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays are playing a two-game series this week at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla.
It was just the fourth time a big league team has hit nine or more homers in a game. The record is 10, set by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 14, 1987.
For the third time this year, the Yankees have hit three consecutive homers in one inning. Aaron Judge started it all off against Shane Baz.
After 30 minutes of heavy rain and lightning in Tampa on Tuesday, the skies cleared and it looked like the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays’ series opener at Steinbrenner Field wouldn’t be played.