Gardy Goes Yardy For Yankees' 15,000th Home Run
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Brett Gardner now has a place in the Yankees' history books, hitting the franchise's 15,000th home run on Sunday.
The historic blast was a liner on a full-count pitch from Toronto's Drew Hutchison into the lower deck in the fifth inning Sunday.
The Yankees, citing research from the Elias Sports Bureau, said they became the first team to reach the milestone. The total starts in 1903, the first year the franchise started play in New York.
"I knew a few days ago that we were a couple away, maybe within four or five," Gardner said, according to the team's official website. "I wasn't sure if it was the one I hit or the one McCann had hit. That's pretty cool. It's definitely something that I'll never forget."
Mickey Mantle hit No. 5,000 on Aug. 8, 1954, at Detroit against Billy Hoeft, and Claudell Washington hit No. 10,000 on April 20, 1988, at Minnesota off Jeff Reardon.
No other team has more than 14,000 home runs, the Yankees said.
Brian McCann's first-inning home run tied the score, and Gardner's put New York ahead 2-1.
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