TAMPA, Fla. -- Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger both hit two home runs, Aaron Judge launched his 40th of the season and the New York Yankees matched a franchise record with nine longballs Tuesday night in a convincing 13-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Judge, Bellinger and Stanton went back-to-back-to-back in the first inning to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead four batters into the game -- after the first pitch was delayed nearly two hours by rain.
Jose Caballero connected twice for his first career multihomer game. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice also went deep for the Yankees, who won their fourth straight and looked awfully comfortable in a road game at their spring training home.
According to ESPN Research, the Yankees became the first team in MLB history with multiple nine-homer games in a single season. And Tuesday's team total tied the single-game franchise record with three other games.
"It was awesome to see," Stanton said during his postgame interview on the YES Network. "It was incredible across the board."
Stanton, Bellinger and Caballero, according to ESPN Research, became the second Yankees trio with multiple homers in the same game in franchise history, tying a feat pulled off by Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris & Bill Skowron on May 30, 1961 against the Boston Red Sox.
"I think we were all ready to go at 7:30 (p.m.)," Stanton said, referring to the rain delay. "And then it didn't happen, so we had to take it out on (the Rays) a little bit. But just make sure we were focused and get a win out of tonight."
New York took full advantage of the cozy dimensions before a crowd of 10,046 at George M. Steinbrenner Field, where the Rays are playing while Tropicana Field undergoes repairs.
"It was impressive," New York manager Aaron Boone said. "Great swings right out of the game to give us a lead."
Bellinger went 4 for 5 with three RBIs, as the Yankees held a one-game lead over the Seattle Mariners and Red Sox in the American League Wild Card race.
"To do it twice, that's remarkable," Boone said of the nine-homer feat. "And there were some ones (tonight), that were seriously hit. Just a really impressive offensive showing against a team that obviously is not always easy to score runs against."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
