"When he got back to the dugout in the eighth inning after hitting the Yankees' third grand slam Thursday, Curtis Granderson peered around a few celebrating teammates to look at the improbable statistic flashing on the Stadium scoreboard that stated the Yanks had just become the first team in history to slug three slams in one game.

When he saw it, Granderson had the same reaction several other Yankees did: "Oh, wow!"

"This game has been played for a long time, pretty much everything has already happened," added Russell Martin, who hit slam No. 2 in the sixth. "I'm waiting to see who hits four. I don't know if it'll ever happen, we'll see. But three is pretty cool."

The Yankees' slam-a-thon - Robinson Cano smacked the first one in the fifth inning - helped them to a comeback 22-9 victory over Oakland in the finale of a three-game series in front of 46,369. The start of the game was delayed by 89 minutes by rain, but the Yankee fans who stuck around only to see them fall behind 7-1 were rewarded when the Bombers came roaring back."