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Yankees Blast Nine Homers in Beatdown of Rays

 The suddenly red-hot Yankees spanked the Tampa Bay Rays out at Steinbrenner Field, Tuesday night, to the tune of 13-3, as New York got back to flexing it's power with nine home runs, tying a club record. 

The last time the Yankees offense was this potent was on March 29 when they corked nine bombs in a 20-9 beatdown of the Milwaukee Brewers that sent baseball fans into a tizzy over the use of the turbo bats. 

Remember those days!? 

Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton each launched a pair of home runs in the win, and Aaron Judge cracked his 40th moonshot of the year. All three players contributed to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for the Bombers in the first inning to take a 3-0 lead. 

Jazz Chisholm and Ben Rice also went deep for the Bombers. Even newly acquired Jose Caballero hit a solo shot in the ninth to cap off the scoring against his former team. 

Since joining the Yankees at the deadline, Caballero is hitting .364 in 11 games with two homers and four RBI. 

As for Bellinger, he continues to be a stud for the Yankees. Three more hits for the lanky left-fielder, raising his average to .272 on the year. 

The Yankees have now won four in a row, including their sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend. The Yankees who looked dead a couple weeks ago, are now just 4.5 games back of Toronto in the AL East, and suddenly lead the wild card with both Seattle and Boston slumping.

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