Because when Cody Bellinger ripped a rocket line drive deep to right field in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium, he had only hit two home runs to that point. So when Cubs superstar Kyle Tucker leaped at the wall to rob a homer, it denied an incredible night but didn't yet appear to be historic.

Facing the Cubs for the first time since they traded him to the Yankees last offseason, Bellinger delivered the first three-homer game of his career.

Cody Bellinger downplayed whether his remarkable standout performance was a revenge game or felt sweeter coming against his old team.