Because when Cody Bellinger ripped a rocket line drive deep to right field in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium, he had only hit two home runs to that point. So when Cubs superstar Kyle Tucker leaped at the wall to rob a homer, it denied an incredible night but didn't yet appear to be historic.

Facing the Cubs for the first time since they traded him to the Yankees last offseason, Bellinger delivered the first three-homer game of his career.

Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger hit three home runs against the Cubs on Friday night at Yankee Stadium and he almost had a fourth.