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Yankees 16, Pirates 0: From shutout ball to bombs away

The Yankees’ offense has been running hot and cold the past few weeks. They dropped 13 runs on Houston in their two wins and scored just a pair of runs total in their three losses, and most recently, they plated 19 runs in Cleveland during a Saturday doubleheader before getting blanked on one measly hit the next day. After being held to two runs in a series-opening loss to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the feast-or-famine approach was tested again.

The verdict: Feast. Oh boy howdy, was it a feast.

How did we get to this oddball moment of switch-hitter Aaron Hicks going righty-on-righty for a grand slam against a position player pitching to put the Yankees up by 14?