In completing the series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Yankees offense was off the charts. This club is scorching right now. In their five-game winning streak, the Bronx Bombers have outscored opponents by a count of 55-9. Their eight-plus runs in those five consecutive games are the most by the team since 1956. With four straight games of at least three home runs in a game, the squad matched the most since 1957. The 102 home runs through 60 games are the most in franchise history.
New York is an MLB-best 22-9 at home, going 5-1 on the homestand. During their 13-game stretch against the AL East, the Yanks went 8-5. On the season the Bronx Bombers are 20-13 against AL East opponents.
GAME 1
Facing the O’s, it was business as usual for the Yanks. New York’s 8-2 drubbing of Baltimore ran their Yankee Stadium record to an AL home-best 20-9.
.@Yankees are 20-9 (.690) at home this season, the best home record in the AL. pic.twitter.com/Ca6nIAImjc
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 10, 2017
ALMOST FULL MONTY
Aaron Judge is your front-runner for AL Rookie of the Year but we can genuinely talk about Jordan Montgomery being the top rookie starting pitcher in the junior circuit. It isn’t too far-fetched to believe Montgomery could finish the highest of a Yankee rookie starter in voting since Ivan Nova placed fourth in 2011.
.@Yankees recorded their 8th straight game without allowing a hit with RISP – @MLB's longest such streak since STL in Aug. '07 (9 straight). pic.twitter.com/1F2MO1plKG
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 10, 2017
Aside from a two-run homer by Jonathan Schoop in the second, “Gumby” bent back the O’s offense. The Yankees rookie lefty tossed a career-best with seven innings of eight strikeout ball.
10 AND 5 PLAYERS
Two more players joined the double-digit home run club with Starlin Castro and Aaron Hicks going yard. They join Judge, Matt Holliday and Brett Gardner in the 10-plus club.
Castro’s solo shot to right off Dylan Bundy cut the Baltimore lead in half during the home second.
Star light, star bright, #AllStarlin is going yard tonight. ⭐️⭐️⭐️https://t.co/zzIxTlWrmf pic.twitter.com/ORrEPOc9gF
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 10, 2017
Hicks took Bundy deep to right in the sixth, giving the Yanks their first lead at 3-2.
During the seventh Hicks crushed a two-run bomb to right off Edwin Jackson.
RECAP: Hicks goes deep twice, Montgomery strikes out a career high and the Yankees win 3 straight. https://t.co/4xTxX003x2 pic.twitter.com/N7wlZd9kuv
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 10, 2017
There must be a way to get Hicks to the All-Star Game in Miami, I mean if Harambe (rest in peace) the dead gorilla can allegedly get 15,000 write-in votes for president, why not the new starting centerfielder?
HOME SUPPORT
It was nice to see a huge crowd out to support this team and they surely did not disappoint. The attendance of 46,031 filled the big ballpark in the Bronx to 92.7% capacity.
😲😍
Another beautiful night at the Stadium. pic.twitter.com/5tCMSmiGQT
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 10, 2017
GAME 2
Who needs football? Playing Saturday night under the lights, the Giants, Jets, Bronx Bombers buried Baltimore by a final count of 16-3.
RIGHT WHERE THEY WANTED THEM
After their first two batters recorded outs, the Yankees offense went to town on Chris Tillman. The Judge started off the onslaught with a screamer home run to left. Following a single by Holliday and a double by Castro, Gary Sanchez lined a two-run single to left. Didi Gregorius extended his hitting streak to 12 with a two-run tater to right. A Chase Headley walk and a Tillman wild pitch set up a Chris Carter RBI-single to left and the Yankees were on the board with a touchdown, batting around in the process.
ALL RISE. Last night, Aaron Judge hit the hardest-hit Home Run EVER recorded in the Statcast Era. https://t.co/CgvzbyiZc4
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) June 11, 2017
SECOND VERSE
Following consecutive walks to Judge and Holliday, Castro crushed a moonshot to left and chased Tillman from the game.
FOUR INNINGS FOUR BOMBS
Facing Stefan Crichton in the fourth, Hicks walked and Judge singled to left center, setting up a three-run shot to right by Holliday.
EXIT VELO
Capping off the scoring for the Bronx Bombers was Sanchez, swatting a two-run rocket to left in the eighth. Sanchez’ 115.1 mph homer was the hardest hit of his career.
Judge’s homer in the first was his hardest hit at 121.1 mph. He had the BP Crew cheering him on in the distance.
SEVVY STYLING
Luis Severino was on point and perfect through four frames. Severino hurled seven innings of one-run, two-hit ball with eight strikeouts.
.@LuisSeverino94 was on 🔥 last night! Over his last 5 starts, he's 3-0 with a 1.35 ERA and he's now 5th in the AL in ERA (2.75). pic.twitter.com/x6c6OTCy9B
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 11, 2017
GAME 3
Aiming for the sweep, the Bronx Bombers brought their bats again in a 14-3 rout of the Orioles. It was a day of telescopes and tape measures at Yankee Stadium.
FIRST FRAME FIVE
Taking on Kevin Gausman, it was yet another huge offensive outburst for the Yankees in the first inning. With the bases loaded a Castro two-run single to center provided the Yankees a 2-0 advantage.
Look out, The Kraken is heating up … 👀#VoteElGary. https://t.co/laQWeGYQ02 pic.twitter.com/vXDPGYLPBi
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 11, 2017
The ensuing batter Sanchez rocked the longest homer of his young career to left-center at 450 feet, increasing the lead to 5-0. The Yankees backstop notched his tenth tater of the campaign giving the team six players with double digits.
PATCHING PITCHING
This marked the first time all season the pinstripes deviated from their starting five. Chad Green could only give the Yankees a couple of innings and it looked like the Orioles were going to make a game of if briefly, pulling to 5-3 in the third inning. The Yankees used five pitchers, including the major-league debut of Domingo German, who threw 2.2 innings of scoreless ball.
Happy Sunday, Domingo!@Domingo_German4 tosses 2.2 scoreless innings in his MLB debut. 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/ua3jV2J9hI
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 11, 2017
CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT
On a 4-for-4 afternoon, Judge is playing on another level. If the season ended today, the rookie right fielder would be your AL triple crown winner with a .344 batting average, 21 home runs and 47-RBI.
During the sixth Judge connected with a colossal clout of 495 feet to left, which nearly reached the wall of retired numbers. Growing up a Yankee fan you hear the legend of blasts hit by the likes of Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle but witnessing Judge hit like this is something else.
You can go to baseball games your whole life and maybe never see a ball hit this far. 💪💪
4⃣9⃣5⃣ pic.twitter.com/bQREyESD3i
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 11, 2017
For good measure, he’d cap off the scoring in the seventh with a “love tap” laser to right. Judge joins Mantle, Roger Maris and Joe DiMaggio in an exclusive group of Yankees at age 25 or younger with 20 home runs prior to the All-Star break.
UP THE MIDDLE AND UNDER THE RADAR
It was a solid day for the dynamic duo of Castro and Gregorius. Castro collected another multi-hit contest, drove in four and clocked his second home run in as many games.
In the top of the fourth, Gregorius made a backhanded stab and an off-balanced throw to first to retire the side. Sir Didi also extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a two-hit afternoon.
Tweets 🔥AND makes slick backhanded plays?!#SirDidi4Sure pic.twitter.com/26g98C5N4I
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 11, 2017
ON DECK
At 37-23 on the campaign, the Yankees head out west to take on the Los Angeles Angels in a three-game series starting Monday night.
Pitching probables include Masahiro Tanaka vs. Alex Meyer, CC Sabathia vs. JC Ramirez, Michael Pineda vs. Matt Shoemaker.