ST. PETERSBURG -- New York flexed its muscles and flaunted its backbone on Thursday afternoon, moving closer to the all-time single-season record for home runs by a club before CC Sabathia was ejected for appearing to intentionally throw at a batter in the sixth inning of a memorable 12-1 rout of the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Miguel Andujar and Luke Voit went deep before Giancarlo Stanton homered twice, pacing the Yanks' offensive attack and swelling the team's tally to 260 home runs with three games remaining. The 1997 Mariners hold the record with 264; the 2005 Rangers are tied for second with the Yanks at 260.