He homered in a three-run third off Chris Flexen and in the fifth against Caleb Thielbar for this 18th multi-homer game. Bellinger nearly went deep in the seventh but was robbed by Kyle Tucker on a drive above the right-field wall.

It was his first Yankee Stadium curtain call. And it was completely apropos after his display of power, Aaron Judge’s three scintillating defensive plays in rightfield and lefthander Carlos Rodon’s finest performance of the season helped the Yankees post an 11-0 victory over the NL Central-leading Cubs before 46,327.