( CNN ) -- The New York Yankees made Major League Baseball ( MLB ) history on Thursday when they became the first team to hit three grand slams in a single game . The match at the Yankee Stadium saw the home team run out 22-9 winners against the Oakland Athletics , with the Yankees hitting home runs with the bases loaded on three occasions . A grand slam is when a team 's batter hits a home run with three of his teammates already stood on the bases , resulting in four runs being scored . Robinson Cano , Curtis Granderson and Russell Martin were the three men on the plate to hit the grand slams for the Yankees -- who sit second in the Eastern Conference behind the Boston Red Sox . `` It 's pretty amazing , '' Martin , 28 , told the MLB 's official web site . `` This game has been played for a long time . Pretty much everything has already happened . `` I 'm waiting to see who 's going to hit four -- I do n't know if it 's ever going to happen , but we 'll see . Three is pretty cool . '' Center-fielder Granderson connected with the hit which sealed the historic achievement , and the 30-year-old had to look at the stadium 's scoreboard to be sure of what the Yankees had accomplished . `` When I saw it , I was like , 'Oh , wow , ' '' Granderson said . `` I 'm surprised it has n't been done before , just with all the great teams and great individual hitters that have come throughout the course of the game . '' In the 108-year history of the New York Yankees , the team have only ever hit two grand slams in a match on three occasions -- and never at their own ballpark . Paul O'Neill and Bernie Williams were the last two players to record grand slams in the same game , during a trip to the Toronto Blue Jays on September 14 1999 .
The New York Yankees have become the first team in MLB history to hit three grand slams . They did it on a night when they were playing at home against the Toronto Blue Jays. Robinson Cano , Curtis Granderson and Russell Martin struck the historic home runs .