The Yankees took care of the Nationals with ease on Wednesday, leveling the last-place club with six home runs in an 11-2 win.
The beatdown, which secured a series sweep, got out of hand early, as the Yankees scored nine runs and totaled four longballs in the third inning. The team has now blasted four-plus home runs in one inning on three separate occasions this year. No team in major league history has logged more four-plus-homer innings in a season, per Stathead’s Katie Sharp .
Wednesday’s third-inning bombardment began with Aaron Judge, who crushed a two-run homer. Judge had been scuffling prior to that , as he entered the afternoon with a .120 average over his last seven games.
Then came his 41 st dinger of the season.
Cody Bellinger immediately followed with a solo home