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Cody Bellinger Was One Robbery Away From Historic Four Home Run Night

Cody Bellinger drilled three homers against the Cubs Friday night. | Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images

Nothing could stop Cody Bellinger's three home run game Friday night in his first game against the Chicago Cubs as a New York Yankee—not even a robbed homer.

After he hit two-run homers in both the third and the fifth inning, he had a great chance for his third long ball of the night in his next trip to the plate. He hit a line drive toward right field in the bottom of the seventh that began to carry over the Yankee Stadium wall, but Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker leaped to make the grab and keep the ball in the park.

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