Boone and the Yankees can only hope that Wells’ two-homer night is a sign of things to come, especially entering this weekend’s four-game set with the Boston Red Sox. Their current five-game winning streak and an 8-2 stretch have the Yankees only four games behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East.

Last year, Judge had 18 first-inning home runs. He's the first player in MLB history to have two seasons of 15 or more first-inning homers, according to Baseball Reference researcher Katie Sharp. It's a remarkable feat, really. Judge has hit 37.5% of his home runs this season in the first inning.

The Yankees do something no team has ever done, the Braves mount a huge comeback, a shrimp alert in Detroit and more from Tuesday's MLB action.

It's onward and upward for Greg Allen. MLB Trade Rumors reports the former New York Yankees prospect declined a minor-league assignment from the Baltimore Oriol

Giancarlo Stanton hit as clutch a home run as one can have for the New York Yankees in extra innings on Wednesday.

Schlittler struck out Simpson, the Rays' leadoff man, looking at a 97-mph fastball on the inside corner to start a 1-2-3, 11-pitch bottom half and he made it six-up, six-down with an 11-pitch second, striking out Feduccia swinging at a 99-mph fastball to end the inning. Schlittler was at just 66 pitches through six.

Yankees’ Cody Bellinger makes MLB history with outfield versatility, home run moment originally appeared on The Sporting News It's really hard to do what Cody Bellinger did on Tuesday night for the New York Yankees. Before him, only four players in MLB history had ever checked all the boxes Bellinger did.