PHILADELPHIA, July 31, 2024 — As they considered their opportunity to acquire Jazz Chisholm Jr. in advance of Tuesday’s Trade Deadline, the Yankees reviewed all available information, wondering if the thrill of a postseason chase might unlock some untapped potential.
One opinion they received came from Derek Jeter, an authority on this particular player given his previous role in Marlins ownership. The Hall of Fame shortstop’s advice: Get him.
The front office listened to Jeter and others, and with Chisholm making an unbelievable first impression, they must be thrilled. Chisholm homered twice and drove in five runs while playing excellent defense Tuesday night, helping the Yankees to a gritty 7-6, 12-inning victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
“This is what I live for,” Chisholm said. “I love the lights. I love the big crowds. I love everything like that. It’s super exciting, and I’m enjoying it.”
After homering twice in Monday night’s 14-4 win, including a ninth-inning blast hit with Aaron Judge’s bat, Chisholm became the first Yankee to belt four homers in his first three games with the team. Chisholm hit a solo homer off Aaron Nola in the sixth inning, then gave his team the lead with a three-run shot off Matt Strahm in the seventh.
“That’s sick, to be part of the history of the New York Yankees,” Chisholm said. “It’s one of the sickest things anybody in baseball could hear.”
Chisholm’s go-ahead drive was primed to secure the Yankees’ fourth consecutive victory, but there would be more work to do. Clay Holmes coughed up the lead in the ninth inning, dipping to 21-for-28 in save opportunities as he allowed three soft hits and uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Johan Rojas to score the tying run.
“He threw the ball great,” manager Aaron Boone said. “I know that’s not a popular thing … but that’s tough luck right there.”
In the 10th, Boone called upon Mark Leiter, Jr., a right-hander acquired from the Cubs earlier on Tuesday. The third member of his family to pitch for the Yankees after dad, Mark Sr., and uncle Al, Leiter arrived during the game and pinned the bases loaded in the 10th before Alex Verdugo lifted a sacrifice fly in the 11th.
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