Keeping tabs on every home run for the New York Yankees this season. We homer today, we win today, das it. The Bronx Bombers got back on track Tuesday, toppling the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-3. Going yard with the eventual game winner, was Mark Teixeira, dialing up a Tex message with international rates in Canada.
New York now has 34 home runs in 2015, tied for fourth in MLB and second in the AL.
During the fifth frame, Teixeira tanked a two-run shot, off Marco Estrada, increasing the Yanks advantage to 5-0. It was Teixeira’s team leading tenth home run, which is tied for second most in baseball. The home run give Teixeira 170 as a Yankee and 373 on his career. Teixeira passes Tony Lazzeri for 22nd on the all-time franchise list and ties him with teammate Carlos Beltran, for 74th on the all-time MLB list.
