Bahamian professional baseball player Jasrado ‘Jazz’ Chisholm Jr. hit his third home run with Aaron Judge’s bat, and 10th of the season, on Wednesday, helping the New York Yankees blast the Chicago White Sox in a matchup of division leaders, for the second night in a row.
Chisholm blasted a solo shot to right center field in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Yankees a 10-3 lead, and they went on to win 10-5, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.
Chisholm, who had just one hit in his last 13 at-bats prior to the home run, helped extend an offensive outburst for the Yankees on Wednesday night as they enjoyed double digit runs for the second straight night and double digit hits for a third straight game.
The 28-year-old star second baseman of the Yankees finished with that solo home run in five at-bats. For the season, he is batting .230 with 10 home runs, 30 RBIs (runs batted in) and 37 runs scored. He also has 20 steals this season — fifth in Major League Baseball (MLB), and with more than half of the season to go, another 30-30 campaign is not out of the realm of possiblity.
Prior to going deep on Wednesday, Chisholm struck out twice and popped out to White Sox first baseman Miguel Vargas in foul territory. In the bottom of the seventh, he stepped up to the plate and worked the count full before taking White Sox right-handed reliever Trevor Richards deep.
Chisholm turned on a 92.6 miles per hour (mph) four-seam fastball and lifted it to deep right center field. The shot had an exit velocity of 100.1mph and traveled 398 feet at a launch angle of 30 degrees. In the following inning, Chisholm grounded out to Jacob Gonzalez to complete his night at the plate.
The Yankees are one of the hottest teams in baseball. They have now won four in a row, and eight of their last nine games, and lead the American League East Division of MLB with a 45-27 win/loss record — three and a half games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays (41-30).
They are also 9-4 without Judge who could be out of the lineup for another month with a right rib injury.
As mentioned, the Yankees continue to be one of the hottest teams in baseball. They have the best record in the American League and are just one and a half games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers (48-27) for the best record in the majors.
As for the game, Cody Bellinger batted cleanup and finished a triple short of the cycle for the Yankees. He connected for a two-run home run in the first inning. Chisholm batted sixth and had his home run in five at-bats. Paul Goldschmidt continues to swing a hot bat with two hits inclusive of a three-run shot. Ali Sánchez also had two hits for the Yankees.
The Yankees continue to lead the league in home runs with 109 for the season. The next closest to them is the Dodgers with 103.
Batting cleanup for the White Sox on Wednesday, Colson Montgomery had two home runs and drove in four of their five runs.
Carlos Rodón picked up the win for the Yankees, giving up seven hits and three runs while striking out seven in five innings of work. Three relievers worked the sixth to ninth innings for the Yankees.
Anthony Kay suffered the loss for the White Sox. He gave up six hits and four runs in four innings.
The Yankees have scored 30 runs in their last three games, averaging 13.67 hits per game over that span. They will host the White Sox again today, before taking on the Cincinnati Reds at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx over the weekend.
