Yankees had blast Tuesday night, but now it's time to turn page

TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Boone lost count.

“We hit nine?” the Yankees manager said incredulously, and quite sincerely, early Wednesday morning at Steinbrenner Field.

Indeed, his team did.

Incredibly, for the second time this season.

The Yankees hit a franchise record-tying nine home runs in their 13-3 evisceration of the Rays Tuesday night, with Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton going back-to-back in the first inning.

It was reminiscent of March 29 against the Brewers at the Stadium when the Yankees first set the nine-homer record, with Paul Goldschmidt, Bellinger and Judge going back-to-back-to-back on three straight pitches by former Yankee Nestor Cortes to start that game.

The Yankees became the first team in big-league history to hit at least nine homers in a game