Series Recap: Yankees bash Birds in series sweep

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. https://twitter.com/MLBStatoftheDay/status/873373506821607424

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. https://twitter.com/MLBStatoftheDay/status/873376690822668289 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. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/873336476280508416 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. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/873372025758396416 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. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/873343693436186624

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. https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/873925294176047104

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. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/873892397842935808

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. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/873961332634202113 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. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/874006370428878848

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. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/873992596074500098 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. https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/873976040162553857

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.