Jazz Chisholm: 2-Run HR as Yanks Beat Jays 8-3

Jazz Chisholm put the Yankees in the second deck and put Toronto away. The Associated Press had him bunting to load the bases in a three-run sixth, then hitting a two-run homer in the seventh as New York beat the Blue Jays 8-3 at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. ESPN's box listed him 2-for-4 with his 18th homer and two RBI. MLB.com said the ball reached the second deck in right. The Yankees won for the sixth time in seven games.

They needed the noise. New York entered 10-for-62 (.161) with runners in scoring position over the previous nine games, MLB.com wrote, and finished 3-for-9 on Sunday. The sixth inning was the break. Three straight singles off Jose Soriano (10-7), Chisholm's bunt the third, loaded the bases. Braydon Fisher got two outs. Trent Grisham walked on a 3-2 slider down and in, go-ahead run. Ben Rice lined a full-count slider to right for two more, 5-2, the AP recap had it.

Jazz Chisholm homer: seventh inning, second deck

Chisholm's seventh-inning drive made it 7-2. Grisham homered in the eighth. The Yankees won by at least five for the third time since the All-Star break, AP noted. Spencer Jones doubled home a run in the second and robbed Alejandro Kirk of a hit with a diving catch in the sixth. Austin Wells added an RBI double in the second. Double-digit hits for the third time in five games after Dylan Cease no-hit them for 6 2/3 innings on Saturday.

Carlos Rodon lasted four innings, two runs (one earned), two hits, 76 pitches, still on a count in his second start off the injured list. George Lombard Jr. erred on Ernie Clement's grounder in the fourth, and Rodon threw 12 more pitches after that, AP wrote. Paul Blackburn (5-2) threw two innings for the win. Kirk's RBI single in the eighth was Toronto's last dent. Soriano went five-plus, five runs, seven hits, seven strikeouts, three walks.

Same series, different Bronx night

Saturday in this building, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. came off the concussion IL and Toronto won 4-3. Sunday the Yankees answered 8-3. Guerrero's club hosts Kansas City on Tuesday. New York sends Will Warren (8-6, 4.43) against Houston. Chisholm's week is the bunt and the homer in the same game. The lineup that could not hit with runners on finally did, three times in nine chances, after a nine-game drought that sat at .161.

Judge is still on the 60-day IL with a rib stress fracture. The Bronx still found a seventh-inning baseball in the second deck. Chisholm 2-for-4, 18th homer, two RBI. Rice's two-run single. Grisham's walk and the eighth-inning homer. 8-3. Sixth win in seven. That is Sunday's Yankees, not a one-man box score, but the loudest swing was Jazz.

Jazz Chisholm FAQ

What did Jazz Chisholm do vs the Blue Jays? 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the seventh, his 18th, plus a bunt single that loaded the bases in the sixth, per AP, MLB.com, and ESPN. The Yankees won 8-3.

What was the Yankees vs Blue Jays final score on Aug. 23? New York 8, Toronto 3. Rice's two-run single capped a three-run sixth. Chisholm homered in the seventh. Grisham homered in the eighth.

Who won the pitching decision? Paul Blackburn (5-2) threw two innings for the win, AP reported. Jose Soriano (10-7) took the loss after five-plus innings and five runs.