Yankees homer back-to-back-to-back on first three pitches as Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge make MLB history | Sporting News

The New York Yankees genuinely could not have thought up a better start.

After Max Fried threw a scoreless top of the first in his Yankees debut, New York came to bat against former Yankee lefty Nestor Cortes in the bottom half.

Paul Goldschmidt, against the first pitch he ever saw as an MLB leadoff hitter , launched a towering fly ball to left-center field for a leadoff home run ( the second consecutive Yankees leadoff homer after Austin Wells did it on Opening Day ).

Next up, Cody Bellinger.

The lefty clobbered a high heater to right-center field for a second home run in as many pitches.

And at that point, did anyone doubt if Aaron Judge would swing at the first pitch? No.

99 did, and he smacked a no-doubter to left field.

Back-to-back-to-back home runs on the first three pitches of the ballgame.

The Bronx Bombers indeed.

It's the first time in MLB history that the first three hitters in a game have hit home runs, according to SABR , and these sluggers did it on three pitches.

AARON JUDGE MAKES IT BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS ON 3 PITCHES pic.twitter.com/FbN8GFelBJ Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp Cortes then tallied two outs before Wells joined the party, smacking his own homer for a second HR in as many games for the Yankees catcher.

It's also the first time in Yankees history they hit four homers in the first inning of a game.

Safe to say it wasn't how Cortes drew up his return to Yankee Stadium.

But on the first Saturday of the MLB season, the Yankees looked like world beaters by beginning a game like no other team in the history of Major League Baseball.

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