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

Cody Bellinger hit three homers for the first time in his career and drove in six runs, Carlos Rodon allowed four hits in eight outstanding innings, and the host New York Yankees ran their winning streak to five games with an 11-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.

Robbed an inning earlier, Cody Bellinger wasn't sure his first three-homer game had been swiped away again. “I didn't know at first,” he said. “For that third one to finally get over feels pretty good.