The New York Yankees on Saturday became the first MLB team to homer on each of the first three pitches of a game. They did so at the expense of former Yankee Nestor Cortes , who made the start for the visiting Milwaukee Brewers . In all, Yankee hitters ambushed Cortes for four first-inning homers as he returned to the Bronx following an offseason three-player trade that sent him to the Brewers in exchange for closer Devin Williams .
That was all prelude to even more power from the Yankees, as they wound up setting a franchise record with nine home runs for the game en route to a 20-9 win that pushed the Yankees to 2-0 on the young season and dropped the Brewers to 0-2. The first three of the opening frame, as noted, came in back-to-back-to-back fashion -- the first time in franchise history that the Yankees have hit three straight homers to start a game -- by Paul Goldschmidt , Cody Bellinger , and Aaron Judge . Goldschmidt and Bellinger, new to the Yankees this season, punished fastballs from Cortes, while Judge sent a cutter 468 feet to left.
Here's a look at those three opening pitches from Cortes: WHAT A START FOR THE @YANKEES !!! 3 pitches, 3 home runs!! pic.twitter.com/xWqAqH9X0y Goldschmidt, who began the ritual abuse of Cortes, was batting leadoff for the first time in his 15-year MLB career.
Later in the frame, Yanks catcher Tyler Wells , who caught 22 of Cortes' 30 starts last season, made it four homers for the hosts in the bottom of the first: Austin Wells makes i.
