Jazz Chisholms 70 percent strategy pays off in big night for Yankees

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has unlocked the secret for his success: Don’t give it your all. “Just go at 70 percent,’’ Chisholm said of his newfound approach to the game.“Play at 70 percent: offense [and] defense.

Don’t overswing, don’t swing and miss as much.” Whatever the strategy, it’s working for Chisholm. For the third time in four games since returning from the strained oblique that landed him on the injured list, he had a multi-hit performance in Friday’s 9-6 win over the Red Sox in The Bronx. Chisholm got the Yankees going with a three-run homer in the bottom of the first, added a single and a stolen base in the second and another base hit and swipe of second in the sixth before he was thrown out attempting to steal third later in the inning. He also drilled a liner to right in the eighth and is 8-for-16 with a pair of homers and three stolen bases since being activated. The spark provided by Chisholm is a product, he said, of a renewed focus since getting healthy again — and it started during his three-game minor league rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset. Following his three-hit game in Thursday’s win over Cleveland, Chisholm credited his time in the minors. “I’m feeling like it’s minor league baseball again,’’ Chisholm said.“That short rehab stint in Double-A took me back to my days when I was hitting .300 and doing the things I’m starting to do now again.” It was reinforced by assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler. “Roessler said at 70 [percent], I’m one of the best out there,” Chisholm said.

“At 100 percent, I might be dog crap.As you can tell, I was hitting .171 at 100 [percent].” In fact, he was hitting an abysmal .157 with a meager OPS of .653 on April 20. Whatever is working for Chisholm, the Yankees will take it. Chisholm’s turnaround began b...