Jazz Chisholm Jr. breaks through in big night for Yankees with another change of pants

Jazz Chisholm Jr.may be in his teammates’ pants for the foreseeable future. Trying anything to snap out of the malaise he has been in for most of the early part of the season, Chisholm is once again wearing a pair of baggy, short pants — first Trent Grisham’s, then on Friday, Giancarlo Stanton’s — and the results, once again, have followed.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

The struggling Chisholm put together one of his more encouraging games of late, recording a three-hit effort and having a hand in three of the Yankees’ five runs in a 5-2 win over the Mets on Friday night at Citi Field. Chisholm also drew a walk and stole a base, reaching base four times for only the second time this season — though he ended his night on a down note, getting picked off at first base — as the Yankees bounced back from getting one-hit on Wednesday with a 10-hit night against the Mets. “It’s something about the baggy pants,” Chisholm said, shaking his head. After a brutal game on Monday night in Baltimore, when he went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts — three of those at-bats coming with runners in scoring position, Chisholm sat out Tuesday’s game against Orioles lefty Trevor Rogers.Then he came back on Wednesday, sporting the baggy pants that Grisham wears on occasion, and had the Yankees’ only hit of the game, a double. Chisholm, naturally, followed suit on Friday, going 3-for-4 with a double, run and two RBIs.

Except he couldn’t find Grisham’s pants, so he borrowed a pair of Stanton’s. “We marked those No.13,” Chisholm said of his number.

“They ain’t his pants no more.” Chisholm had worn Grisham’s baggy pants for a series earlier this season in Houston, when he went 5-for-12 across three games — looking like he might be turning the corner from his season-opening slump.But they only lasted a series, as he went back to...