Jazz Chisholm, Anthony Volpe homers back up Carlos Rodon gem as Yankees top Guardians

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.The new-look left side of the infield teamed up with the lefty who has definitely had a new look about him this year.The Yankees rode back-to-back home runs from their new third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.

and shortstop Anthony Volpe, which backed seven brilliant, one-run innings from Carlos Rodón in a series-opening 3-2 victory over the Guardians in front of 40,683 on a gorgeous Tuesday night in The Bronx.The Yankees (37-22) have won seven of their past nine games and moved to 23-15 against teams that currently have a record of at least .500, relying upon two seventh-inning swings and shutdown pitching to dent the club they met in the ALCS last year.Rodón and righty Tanner Bibee were locked in a pitchers’ duel in which both bent in the seventh.The Guardians scored once in the top of the inning to tie the game on a series of plays that were not entirely Rodón’s fault.

José Ramírez snapped a streak of 17 straight Guardians set down by chopping a well-placed single through the middle then stole second.David Fry sent a hard-hit ground ball to the right side, and DJ LeMahieu — kept at second base while the Yankees moved Chisholm to third — dove for the ball, reached it in time but could not knock it down, deflecting it into right field for what became a game-tying single.But Rodón escaped further damage in the inning, which mattered in the bottom half.The first pitch Chisholm saw in his third at-bat off the injured list was blasted to right field for a go-ahead home run.After missing five weeks and after deferring to LeMahieu (and Yankees brass) in shifting to third base, Chisholm showed no signs of rust and watched his laser go, nailed a jump shot around first base and celebrated in the dugout.The celebration had barely ceased when the next batter, Volpe, barreled a full-count sweeper from Bibee and sent it screami...