The Yankees needed a lift, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. gave them the kind of swing that changes a night.
After New York had already dropped the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader to the Dodgers, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto throwing a complete game for the back-to-back World Series champs, the pressure only grew when Tommy Edman erased the Yankees’ 1-0 lead with a game-tying homer on Sunday Night Baseball.
That set the stage for Chisholm in the bottom of the eighth.
He didn’t waste it. Chisholm’s solo home run proved to be the final run in New York’s 2-1 win, and it came with a little statistical history attached. The blast was his third game-winning homer in the eighth inning or later this season, tying Gavin Sheets of the Padres for the MLB lead in that category.
It also put Chisholm in rare Yankees company. According to the Yankees’ stats account, no New York player has had more than three game-winning homers in the eighth inning or later in a season since Mike Pagliarulo hit four in 1987.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. has 3 game-winning home runs in the 8th inning or later this season.
That's tied with Gavin Sheets for the most in MLB.
The last Yankee to have more in a season was Mike Pagliarulo (4) in 1987.
- New York Yankees Stats (@nyyankeesstats) July 20, 2026
It’s been a bumpy year for Chisholm, who came into the season talking about chasing 50-50 and then watched his power take a long time to arrive. But when the Yankees have needed someone to step forward with Aaron Judge still out, Chisholm has been the one delivering the big swing.
And on a night when New York badly needed somebody to answer, he did exactly that.
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