Franchise record: Yankees hit 9 home runs for 2nd time this season

The New York Yankees went through a very long slump this season, allowing the Toronto Blue Jays to turn a large deficit in the American League's Eastern Section standings into a comfortable lead at the top of the division.

But lately, things have been looking up for the Bombardiers, who seem to be back to the version they were at the start of this campaign. And last night (Tuesday) was no exception.

Indeed, after a rain delay of nearly two hours, the Yankees crushed the Tampa Bay Rays 13-3 in their first game of this short two-game series in their own practice camp stadium, hitting no fewer than nine home runs, tying a franchise record in a single game.

It was the second time this season that the Bronx representatives had hit nine long balls in a game. They also did so against the Milwaukee Brewers in the first series of the season. No team in the history of Major League Baseball has ever had two nine-home run games in the same campaign.

The @Yankees have two games with 9 HR in franchise history.

Both have come THIS YEAR pic.twitter.com/1ED7aUFldS

– MLB (@MLB) August 20, 2025

The Blue Jays hold the MLB record for most home runs in a game, with ten, a record set on September 14, 1987 against the Baltimore Orioles.

The first bombshell of the evening came from the bat of Aaron Judge, whose 40th home run of the season placed him once again in the company of Yankee legends. The captain now has four seasons with forty home runs, the others achieving this feat in the New York organization being Babe Ruth (11), Lou Gehrig (5) and Mickey Mantle (4).

Cody Bellinger, who made history as the first Yankee since Ichiro Suzuki to play all three outfield positions in a single game (Ichiro did it in 2012), hit two long balls.

Jose Caballero, an acquisition from those same Rays at the trade deadline, also cannoned two home runs against his former team with a two-run bomb in the second inning, and the ninth home run of the night in the final inning.

Giancarlo Stanton, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice also joined the party. The Bronx Bombers are back.

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