As the Yankees were about to leave for their West Coast road trip, Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed up to head coach Aaron Boone's office door and made it clear, "I just want to win, I want a championship ring." This sets the tone for Tuesday (Wednesday morning, Beijing time) to return from injury. The infielder, who missed all of May with a right oblique strain, activated the roster as a third baseman and blasted a key lead home run in the Yankees' 3-2 win over the Guardians.
"Every day when I'm on the bench, I'm thinking about coming back strongly," Chisholm said after completing the 'European Step' to celebrate the run, "and that's in line with my vision of a comeback." Anthony Volpe then blasted back-to-back to support Carlos Rodón's quality starters who conceded one point in seven innings. Roden has 7 wins and 0 losses in the last nine games, with a self-responsibility rate of 1.27 (56.2 games and 8 points conceded).
Devin Williams was the finisher after Luke Weaver entered injury, and although Carlos Santana hit a second-run and substitute hitter Daniel Schneemann scored a well-timed hit, he still had his sixth rescue of the season. "It feels good overall," Williams said.
Chisholm was both offensive and defensive: blocked Angel Martínez's hit with a powerful long pass in the third inning (thanks to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt for his superb catch); Locked Tanner Bibee's first four-seam fastball in the seventh inning, hitting a 358-foot right fielder for the lead (eighth of the season, 41 days after a home run). He laughed at the Reggie Jackson anecdote: "I've hit a thousand home runs in my dreams, and of course I know it's only the eighth." "
Chisholm, who had never been a professional third base guard until last July, has seven turnovers in 45 starts on third base this season (-2 in the field). Boone insisted on using his "dynamic player traits", which Volpe strongly supported: "He's silky and has amazing arm strength for any position. Chisholm admitted: "I thought my career at third base was over, but now I need to rebuild my reputation." "
The arrangement also freed up space on second base for DJ LeMahieu, who had his first four-game run in four years on Sunday. He hit a well-timed hit to take the lead in five innings, but failed to stop David Fry from rolling the ball in seven innings, interrupting Roden's streak of 20 consecutive innings without conceding points (8K1 in this game).
Volp's seventh run of the season was the decisive blow, and Chisholm celebrated passionately with both fists on the hurdle in the lounge. Volp called it a "nightly infusion" of Chisholm and quoted him as saying: "This is the team I love all my life, it's time to shine again!" "