The New York Yankees tied a major league record, hitting five home runs in a single inning and six total, in the game in which they beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-7 on Thursday to extend their streak of eight to eight. victories.
New York also set the record for the most homers in a three-game span (19) and became the first team to hit six or more homers in three consecutive games.
The Yankees (29-21) outscored the Blue Jays 43-15 in three games as well as hits, 44-28, to extend their 2-1 / 2-game lead over Toronto for second place and move closer to a Minnesota game (31-21) in the dispute to host the first round of the postseason.
Brett Gardner, DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit homered off back-to-back pitches by Chase Anderson (0-2) in the fourth inning. Voit hit his 20th home run, to be the leading homerunner in the majors.
Aaron Hicks was struck out; Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres followed with home runs that put the Yankees up 9-2 and Anderson was pulled from the mound. The Yankees hit five home runs in one inning for the first time. It was the seventh time a major league team has accomplished the feat.
The Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka (3-2) allowed three runs and seven hits and struck out five in seven innings. (GG) (Taken MLB.COM)