Keeping tabs on every home run for the New York Yankees this season. A majestic, marketable milestone? Yankee Stadium fans felt it was worthy of a standing ovation and a curtain call.
Alexander Emanuel Rodriguez, passed Willie Howard Mays, into sole possession of fourth place on the all-time MLB home run list, hitting home run number 661 in his career.
A-Rod, who almost homered in the first inning, went yard to deep center, against Baltimore Orioles starter Chris Tillman, in the third inning. The solo bomb gave the Yanks a 3-2 edge, on their way to a 4-3 victory.