Ever since hitting two home runs against the Royals on April 18, Cody Bellinger had been in a bit of a funk.<\/p>\n
That power surge preceded a 10-game stretch in which the Yankees\u2019 outfielder hit .171 with zero dingers and a .521 OPS. But Bellinger snapped out of it Friday, ripping two doubles in the Yankees\u2019 win over the Orioles. And on Saturday, he broke out, recording his second two-homer game of the season in a 9-4 win over Baltimore.<\/p>\n
Bellinger started the scoring in the series-securing victory, pulling a solo shot off Kyle Bradish in the second inning. Another bases-empty blast followed in the fifth with Keegan Akin on the mound.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was feeling good pregame. Tough guy on the mound,\u201d Bellinger said, referring to Bradish. \u201cHe\u2019s got really good stuff. So really, honestly, I wasn\u2019t trying to do too much all day today and got a few pitches to hit that I didn\u2019t miss.\u201d<\/p>\n
All in all, Bellinger went 4-for-4 on Saturday, adding an RBI double off an 0-2 count in the third inning and an RBI single in the seventh. He also swiped his fourth base of the season.<\/p>\n
According to Stathead\u2019s Katie Sharp<\/a>, Bellinger became just the fourth Yankee in the last 35 years with at least four hits, four RBI and one steal in a game. The others are Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s Cody Bellinger,\u201d Aaron Boone said. \u201cYou see the speed, the power, the athleticism, the two-strike hitting\u2026 Just a great day by a great player.\u201d<\/p>\n With a perfect day at the plate, Bellinger now has five homers and is batting .276 with an .855 OPS. His numbers looked much more pedestrian prior to the matin\u00e9e, as Bellinger \u2014 who returned to the Yankees on an option-heavy, five-year, $162.5 million deal<\/a> over the offseason \u2014 entered the game with a .250 average and a .755 OPS.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been good,\u201d Bellinger said with his OPS jumping 100 points and the Yankees now 22-11 on the season. \u201cRoom for improvement, obviously, and I love where we\u2019re at as a team. I\u2019m just excited to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Bellinger wasn\u2019t the only re-signed outfielder to homer on Saturday, as Trent Grisham, retained via the qualifying offer, drilled a two-run homer in the fourth frame. He also doubled for the second time in as many days, a feat Grisham had not accomplished since July 2024.<\/p>\n