“Damn the torpedoes” may take on a new meaning inside the Brewers clubhouse.
But Yankees’ bats of various kinds spent the weekend clobbering home runs.
A day after crushing a franchise-record nine home runs, the Yankees belted four more to tie a major league record with 15 home runs in their first three games of the season.
Aaron Judge, user of a regular old bat, began the day with a two-run shot to give him four homers in two days. Jazz Chisholm Jr., one of five Yankees using the new torpedo-style bat, went deep twice. And Ben Rice, not in the torpedo gang, added his first of the season for good measure.
The result was another demolition of the Brewers, this one 12-3, to finish off a sweep on a chilly Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hits a two-run home run during the third inning of the Yankees’ win over the Brewers on March 30, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
By the end of the historic opening series, the Yankees had scored 36 runs while generating a craze about the new torpedo bats, though they only accounted for part of the damage.
Before Sunday’s game, Judge chuckled at the idea of using one of the new bats that have become something of a craze, wondering why he would change anything after hitting 62 and 58 home runs in two of his past three seasons. Then he went out and became the first Yankee to hit four home runs in the first three games of a season.
The reigning AL MVP, who drilled three homers Saturday, picked up where he left off by ripping a 410-foot, two-run home run off Aaron Civale in the first inning.
Judge walked in his next three plate appearances but came around to score each time.
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The first came intentionally with none on and two outs in the third inning after Judge had worked a 3-0 count and none of the pitches were particularly close to the strike zone. But Chisholm made the Brewers pay, blasting a two-run homer to right off Civale to make it 5-1.
Cody Bellinger’s “torpedo” bat stands during the third inning on March 30, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post
Aaron Judge (l.) and Jazz Chisholm Jr. (r.) celebrate after a Chisholm home run on March 30, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
Chisholm’s second homer of the day (and third of the season) came in the seventh inning off Joel Payamps, a three-run shot that made it a 12-3 lead.
That was more than enough offensive support for Marcus Stroman and the Yankees pitching staff. Stroman was solid in his season debut, giving up three runs across 4 ²/₃ innings. Two of those runs came on a fourth-inning homer by former Yankee Jake Bauers, who finished the game pitching for a second straight day in the blowout.
