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Jazz Chisholm Jr. blasts dramatic ninth-inning homer to lift Yankees past Nationals for another win
WASHINGTON — Break up the Yankees. Two outs away from taking another step back after Thursday’s eruption against the Rays, Jazz Chisholm Jr.saved the day to secure the Yankees back-to-back wins for the first time in over two weeks. Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.
Trailing by a run and facing one-time Yankee lefty Matt Krook with one out in the ninth inning, Chisholm clobbered a two-run shot into the second deck to lift the Yankees to a dramatic 5-3 win over the Nationals on Friday night at Nationals Park. After Chisholm’s blast, Austin Wells crushed his second home run in as many days (after going 23 straight games without one), providing some breathing room for David Bednar in his second inning of work to finish off the game. The consecutive wins are the Yankees’ first since June 23-24, going 2-11 in between, as they try to finally string some momentum together to fully snap out of their recent skid. After first pitch was delayed two hours by storms in the area, the Yankees (52-42) got solo home runs from Ben Rice and Jasson Domínguez to take a 2-1 lead into the seventh inning before Tim Hill gave up back-to-back home runs to Keibert Ruiz and James Wood, putting the Nationals ahead 3-2. But after wasting chances to add on throughout the game, the Yankees finally cashed in during the ninth inning against Krook.With one out, Domínguez got things started with a single from the right side.
Chisholm came up next, got a sweeper over the heart of the plate and did not miss, drilling a moonshot that he admired for the 4-3 lead. The Nationals (48-47) then brought in righty Justin Lawrence, against whom Wells went deep before the Yankees loaded the bases with a run of quality at-bats, only to waste a chance to really break things open. Ryan Weathers turned in a strong outing against the game’s highest-scoring offense, holding the Nationals to j...