NEW YORK — After his leadoff home run in the bottom of the first on Saturday, Paul Goldschmidt was still putting his equipment away in the Yankees ’ dugout when he heard the crack of Cody Bellinger’s bat and the roar from a sellout crowd. He turned around quick enough to get a glimpse of the Bellinger blast soaring toward the Yankees’ bullpen in right-center, a second consecutive home run off Brewers left-hander Nestor Cortes to begin the game. Seconds later, it was Bellinger rushing toward the top step of the dugout with his elbow guard still on his right arm and his batting gloves still on after Aaron Judge made contact on another first-pitch homer, a no-doubter to left that sent Yankees fans into a frenzy.
WHAT A START FOR THE @YANKEES !!! 3 pitches, 3 home runs!! pic.twitter.com/xWqAqH9X0y “It was like, ‘bang, bang, bang’ and we were up three,” Bellinger said after the 20-9 win over Milwaukee.
“Three pitches, three runs. That’s pretty rare,” Goldschmidt added. “I don’t think I’ve been a part of anything like that.
” Goldschmidt was right. He hasn’t been involved in a sequence like that before ..
. because nobody has. The Yankees are the first team in MLB history to hit a home run on each of the first three pitches of the game.
BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB , VIVID SEATS , TICKETMASTER When Austin Wells went yard later in that first inning, the fourth of five home runs off Cortes in his return to the Bronx to forget , the Yankees made more hist.
