Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez put his team up 5-1 with a seventh-inning grand slam against Giants reliever George Kontos. The slam was Rodriguez’s 24th of his career, overtaking Yankees great Lou Gehrig’s Major League record. David Robertson and Mariano Rivera teamed up to keep the Giants off the board in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively.
Watch the record-setting slam:
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The slam was also Rodriguez’s 654th career home run, leaving him six shy of Willie Mays in fourth place on the all-time leaderboard. Rodriguez’s previous grand slam, which tied Gehrig’s mark, came on June 12 last year against Braves reliever Jonny Venters.
Including tonight’s action, Rodriguez now has a .261/.364/.458 line, certainly much better than many expected given his age, health, and off-the-field drama.
