Yankees set major league record, fall short of mark set by Blue Jays in rout of Brewers

And it came against a former New York Yankee in Nestor Cortes.

Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, and Aaron Judge homered to lead off the bottom of the first inning. It was the first time in Major League history that a team has homered on the first three pitches they saw. Austin Wells later added a fourth home run that same inning.

Judge ended up hitting two more home runs, including a grand slam, and finished the day with eight RBIS. Every Yankees starter had at least one RBI. Cortes lasted two innings, getting tagged for eight runs, while giving up five homers and walking five. Not a great starter to his Brewers tenure.

All in all, the Yankees hit nine home runs, one short of the all-time record for most home runs in a game. The owners of that record? The Toronto Blue Jays, who hit ten in a September 14, 1987 matchup against the Baltimore Orioles.

Oswaldo Peraza, Jazz Chisholm Jr., and Anthony Volpe also hit home runs for the Yankees. Brice Turang hit the lone home run for the Brewers.

While the Yankees set a Franchise record for home runs in a game, the record for most runs in a game, still belongs to the 1936 version of the team, who scored 25 in a game against the Philadelphia Athletics. The major league record for runs scored in a game belongs to the Texas Rangers, who once won a game 30-3.

With the win, the Yankees move to 2-0 on the season.