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.

Some of the best hitters on both teams – namely, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kyle Tucker and Michael Busch for the Cubs, and Cody Bellinger, Ben Rice and Jazz Chisholm for the Yankees – will have a platoon disadvantage.

The Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees play the second game of a 3-game series Saturday at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

SportsLine's proven model has simulated Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees 10,000 times and released its MLB picks for Saturday's matchup at Yankee Stadium

According to new simulation results, Judge is now the MLB’s most likely home run hitter on Saturday, with a significant edge over Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who are playing in San Francisco’s notoriously pitcher-friendly Oracle Park.