The New York Yankees got off to a hot start Saturday, opening a home game against the Milwaukee Brewers by hitting three straight home runs off the first three pitches. That was just the start of the onslaught: New York finished with a team-record nine homers — including three from Aaron Judge — in a 20-9 victory over the Brewers.
The Toronto Blue Jays hold the MLB record for home runs in a game with 10, set in 1987. The Yankees joined the Cincinnati Reds (Sept. 4, 1999) as the only other teams with nine.
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New York’s first four homers came against former Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes, who was traded to Milwaukee soon after dropping the ball in New York’s World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt started things off, hitting Cortes’ first pitch of the game. After that, left fielder Cody Bellinger got a solo homer of his own, and then Judge did the same in his at-bat.
Cortes later gave up another solo homer in the inning, letting catcher Austin Wells hit one deep to give the Yankees a 4-0 lead.
