Breaking down the Yankees’ historic nine-homer, 20-run eruption by the numbers

The Yankees made all kinds of history in Saturdays 20-9 pummeling of the Milwaukee Brewers.Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge struck back-to-back-to-back home runs on Nestor Cortes first three pitches.And those accounted for only a third of the nine home runs the Yankees would go on to hit.Judge finished with three home runs, including a grand slam, during a 4-for-6, eight-RBI explosion.Indeed, there was plenty to unwrap after the prolific power surge.

Here is a deeper dive into the Yankees offensive eruption, by the numbers.9: The nine home runs set a single-game franchise record and marked only the third instance in MLB history that a team homered nine times.

The Yankees finished one shy of the MLB record, set by the Toronto Blue Jays when they hit 10 homers on Sept.

14, 1987.1: Goldschmidt, Bellinger and Judge became the first Yankee trio to lead off a game with three consecutive home runs.

Their barrage marked the first time since MLB started tracking pitch counts in 1988 that a team homered on a starters first three pitches.4: The Yankees four first-inning home runs were also the most in franchise history a feat they achieved when Austin Wells went deep as the sixth batter of the game.3: Saturday marked the third three-homer game of Judges career, with the other two coming in 2023.

The only other Yankees to record that many three-homer games are Alex Rodriguez and Joe DiMaggio, who both did it three times, and Lou Gehrig, who did it four.40: Saturday was the 40th multi-homer game of Judges career.8: Judges eight RBI set a career high.7: The Yankees; seven home runs through the first three innings were also an MLB record.6: The No.

1-6 batters in the lineup each homered, marking the first instance in MLB history that has happened.11: Also setting a record were the 11 home runs the Yankees totaled over Thursday and Saturday, giving them the most through two games in MLB history.20: Saturday was the second time in a decade that the Yankees scored at least 20 runs in a game.

They also scored 20 in a Sept.

15, 2020 win over Toronto.2: Goldschmidts first-inning home run followed Wells leadoff blast on Opening Day, making the Yankees the second team to begin a season with leadoff homers in the first two games.1: Wells and Goldschmidt were both hitting leadoff for the first time in their careers, making the Yankees the first team to get home runs in consecutive games from players making their leadoff debuts.2,500: Saturdays win was the 2,500th in Brian Cashmans career as a general manager, a role he took over in 1998.

Among GMs who started in 1950 or later, Cashmans .585 winning percentage is the highest of anyone with at least 10 years of experience..

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