When DJ LeMahieu hit a home run on the 5th pitch of the game on Tuesday, the New York Yankees set a new record for consecutive games with a home run.
It’s not the record we expected the New York Yankees to break at the start of the season, but after DJ LeMahieu sent that 5th pitch of the game into the left-field stands, the Yanks became the first team ever to hit a home run in 28 straight games and counting. Nevertheless, it is an incredible accomplishment for an organization that’s looking like one of the best teams in a competitive American League.
After losing a large portion of the team to injuries this season, the Yanks had to rely on a handful of minor leaguers to get to this point. And despite not having Giancarlo Stanton for two and a half months and Aaron Judge for two months, the team managed to continue hitting homers, though not at the rate that they are used to.
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Over the last two seasons, the New York Yankees have led MLB in home runs. Last season, they broke the single-season record for home runs by hitting 267 of their own. They accomplished this feat by having 12 players hit 10 or more HRs, six of those players having at least 23.
This year, the team ranks 4th in baseball with 132 homers. They’ve reached this point by having six different players hit for double-digit home runs, including 23 from Gary Sanchez who leads the AL alongside teammate Edwin Encarnacion.
What’s more, two of the highest regarded power hitters in the game, the aforementioned Stanton and Judge have only ONE and FIVE home runs respectively.
As the dog days of summer fast approaches, the warm weather will most certainly attract more balls to fly over the fence, leading one to believe that this record won’t be safe for long.
The only question is, when will it end.