Yankees record historic inning with home runs on three consecutive pitches

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The New York Yankees had a historic first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

After Yankees’ starting pitcher Max Fried pitched a scoreless top of the first inning, the bats went to work right away. 

On Brewers’ starting pitcher Nestor Cortes’ first pitch of the game, Paul Goldschmidt deposited a fastball at the top of the zone into the bullpen in left-center field. 

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New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) hits a solo home run in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium on March 29, 2025.  (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)

It was Goldschmidt’s first time ever leading off a game in his 15-year career, and with one swing gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead with his first career Yankees home run. 

On Cortes’ second pitch of the game, Cody Bellinger turned on a high fastball and demolished into the bleachers over the bullpen in right-center field to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Before the fans could even sit down, Aaron Judge crushed Cortes’ third pitch 468 feet over the left field wall to make it 3-0. 

The three consecutive home runs, on three consecutive pitches, marked the first time in Yankees’ history that the team led off a game with three straight home runs. It is the first time that any team has hit a home run on three straight pitches since 2000, according to MLB Stats. 

But the Yankees weren’t done yet, as catcher Austin Wells hit an opposite-field home run just over the left-field wall to make it 4-0 in the first inning. 

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