Often the numbers don’t tell the whole story. In the case of the bottom of the third inning of Wednesday’s game between the Yankees and Washington at the Stadium, they do.

The Yankees sent 15 batters to the plate. Nine of them scored. They had eight hits, including four home runs that traveled a total of 1,615 feet. And the Nationals needed to throw 77 pitches before it finally ended after a whopping 41 minutes.

This carnage that the Yankees wrought upon a Washington team that has been pretty much overmatched for the entire season wound up the centerpiece in what became an 11-2 rout before 35,501.

“It was outstanding,” manager Aaron Boone said of the Yankees’ third inning. “That was some bangin’ right there.”

Ben Rice, who opened the big inning with a single and later added a solo home

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