Yankees complete sweep of Brewers thanks to historic power output

The Yankees completed a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers, winning on Sunday afternoon by a score of 12-3.

Here are the key takeaways…

–Marcus Stroman had a bumpy first inning on the mound, and more damage could have been done if not for a tremendous catch on the run by Cody Bellinger in center field, who raced down a Jackson Chourio fly ball just in front of the wall. But Stroman allowed a walk and pair of hits in the inning, including a Sal Frelick RBI single, as Milwaukee took an early lead.

Stroman ended up allowing a two-run homer to former Yankee Jake Bauers later in the game, and he finished his season debut going 4.2 innings, allowing three earned runs on five hits with three strikeouts and one walk.

-After homering three times in the first four innings on Saturday, what would Aaron Judge have in mind for an encore? Well, his day on Sunday started much the same as the slugger demolished a two-run home run off of Aaron Civale in the first inning, putting the Yankees up. With that blast, Judge became the first Yankee ever to hit at least four home runs in the team’s first three games of the season.

-Following their nine-home run outing on Saturday, the Bombers lived up to their nickname again on Sunday, homering four times. Following Judge’s early blast, Ben Rice got in on the action with a solo home run into the second deck in right field in the bottom of the second. In the same frame, the Brewers elected to walk Judge this time around, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. made them pay with a two-run blast.

For good measure, Chisholm ripped another home run, this one a three-run shot to blow the game wide open at 12-3 in the seventh inning.

-Chisholm is one of a handful of Yankees using the newly designed torpedo bats, and it’s clearly paying off for him and other users like Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt, and Anthony Volpe. Who’s to say what the Yankees’ home run numbers would look like without these bats, but as a team the Yankees hit 15 home runs in this series, tying the 2006 Detroit Tigers for the most ever through a team’s first three games.

-Following Stroman’s up-and-down start, the Yankees bullpen did not allow a run. Tim Hill (who struck out three batters among the four outs he recorded), Mark Leiter Jr., Fernando Cruz, and Ryan Yarbrough combined to go 4.1 scoreless innings.

Who was the game MVP?

Chisholm, who had two homers, three hits, five RBI, and three runs scored.

Highlights

Upcoming schedule

The Yankees have a day off on Monday before hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks for a three-game set, starting on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m.

Will Warren will face Corbin Burnes.

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