BALTIMORE — A primary-inning offensive ambush Tuesday evening grew to become barely much less enjoyable for the Yankees when Jazz Chisholm Jr. left the sport with proper flank discomfort.
Chisholm had appeared to tweak one thing on a swing throughout his at-bat, however after being checked on by Aaron Boone and a coach — and twisting his core to attempt to stretch one thing out — he stayed within the recreation and hit the subsequent pitch for a double into the right-field nook.
However after Chisholm dove into third base after an error on the play, he got here up gingerly and seconds later was strolling again into the dugout for a pinch runner.
The Yankees had gone bombs away to begin the body, with Trent Grisham, Aaron Choose and Ben Rice hitting back-to-back-to-back homers off Kyle Gibson for a 3-0 lead 5 pitches into the sport.
Cody Bellinger additionally homered earlier than Chisholm stepped to the plate, and Oswald Peraza, who pinch-ran for him at third, got here in to attain on Anthony Volpe’s double for the 5-0 lead.
