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Manager Aaron Boone has actually been part of three of the four nine-plus home run games, as, in addition to being The Bombers’ coach for their two games, he also hit the first home run of the Reds’ nine-homer barrage on September 4, 1999. (Thank you to Sarah Langs for the stats).

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The Yankees won the AL East only three times in Boone’s first seven seasons despite regularly fielding one of the league’s highest payrolls. New York entered play Wednesday five games behind the Toronto Blue Jays, though the Yankees hold the AL’s top Wild Card seed.

With Caballero matching his season total for home runs on Tuesday, the Yankees became the first club in major league history to enjoy two nine-homer games in one season.

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