Alex Rodriguez hit his 660th career home run to help the New York Yankees score a 3-2 win against the Boston Red Sox on Friday at Fenway Park.

Rodriguez reached the career milestone when he hit a pinch-hit homer against Junichi Tazawa in the eighth inning of the match. The first pinch-hit homer of his career was his 660th home run overall, which tied Willie Mays for fourth place in the all-time home run list.

Rodriguez, who scored his sixth homer of the year after missing the entire 2014 MLB season due to suspension, got emotional after belting one of the biggest home runs of his career.

"I don't know what it means," Rodriguez said via New York Daily News. "I'm actually very excited, just trying to stay in the moment. It's good to do it in a good team win. I got emotional there."

Rodriguez is now 54 home runs away from tying the record of Babe Ruth for third place in the all-time list. Barry Bonds is on top of the list with 762 home runs, followed by Hank Aaron with 755.

Rodriguez, who is batting .243 this season and has also tallied 14 RBIs, said the career milestone was extra special because it happened at Fenway Park, where he played his first game in the major league in 1994 with the Seattle Mariners.

"I was thinking about when I was 18 years old, and I got my first hit here," Rodriguez said via USA Today. "My parents were in the stands. I was so excited to play with Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez. A week later I faced Roger Clemens. A lot of emotions going into it, I'm glad it happened in such a special place."

Mays, who is a San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer, congratulated Rodriguez for tying his record.

"Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run," Mays said in a statement. "Milestones in baseball are meant to be broken, and I wish him continued success throughout his career."

Meanwhile, the career milestone could eventually lead to a legal battle. By tying the record of Mays, Rodriguez is entitled to get a $6 million bonus, but previous reports indicated the Yankees will challenge the bonus terms because of the veteran's involvement in doping controversy before.

Rodriguez said that he is not worried about the possible legal battle for the $6 million and reiterated that he is focused on helping the Yankees end their two-year playoff drought this season.

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