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Yankees Make History With Six Solo Home Runs Against Cubs

Aaron Judge homered twice while four other Yankees left the yard, all against Chicago's starting pitcher.
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Yankees Make History With Six Solo Home Runs Against Cubs
Yankees Make History With Six Solo Home Runs Against Cubs

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NEW YORK — Cubs right-hander Matt Swarmer pitched his way into the history books on Saturday night at Yankee Stadium, but not in a good way.

Chicago's starter allowed six solo home runs over five innings of work against the Yankees. 

Swarmer is just the second pitcher to allow six solo homers in a single game in baseball history, per ESPN Stats & Info. The only other hurler to accomplish such a feat is Hollis "Sloppy" Thurston, who served up six jacks on August 13, 1932

For the Yankees, six solo home runs in a single ballgame ties a franchise record. Wining the game 8-0, they were just one dinger shy of tying the MLB record of seven.

Saturday night's barrage of long balls began in the bottom of the first. Leading off for New York, Aaron Judge blasted his league-leading 23rd home run of the season, a towering fly ball down the left-field line.

Judge would add his second bomb of the night a few innings later, sending his 24th homer of the season to the seats in straightaway left. No other player in baseball has hit more than 17 homers this season.

Before Judge's second dinger of the game, both second baseman Gleyber Torres and right fielder Giancarlo Stanton also left the yard, going back-to-back with one out in the fourth. Those homers gave Torres 12 on the season and Stanton 13.

Stanton's missile of a home run sizzled through the air at 119.8 mph, the hardest ball hit by any player in baseball this season. 

One inning later, two batters before Judge's second homer of the night, catcher Jose Trevino clanked a solo shot off the left-field foul pole, his fifth of the year. 

The only other Yankee with double-digit home runs this season is Anthony Rizzo, so of course he got in on the action against his former team as well. Rizzo's 15th long ball of the season came with two outs in the fifth, a no-doubter beyond the short porch in right. 

With six more home runs, New York has now hit 94 this season, leading the league. In second place, the Braves have hit 80 homers. 

The Yankees will face the Cubs one more time, on Sunday afternoon, before an off day on Monday. Then, New York is scheduled to play 20 games in 20 days. Their next scheduled off day isn't until July 4.

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Max Goodman covers the New York Yankees for Sports Illustrated and FanNation. Goodman has been on the Yankees beat for three seasons. He is also the publisher of Sports Illustrated and FanNation's Jets site, Jets Country. Before starting Inside The Pinstripes, Goodman attended Northwestern University and the Medill School of Journalism. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism and Master’s Degree in Sports Media, graduating in 2019. At school, Goodman was an anchor and reporter with NNN SportsNight and played on the club baseball team. While at Northwestern, Goodman interned with MLB.com as an associate reporter covering the Miami Marlins. He also interned with ESPN, working as an associate reporter on Mike Greenberg's Get Up. Goodman is from New York City. He grew up in Hell's Kitchen. Follow Goodman on Twitter @MaxTGoodman. You can connect with him via email by reaching out at maxgoodmansports@gmail.com.

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