Jazz Chisholm had five RBIs in his second straight two-homer game, Gleyber Torres hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 12th inning and the New York Yankees outlasted the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 on Tuesday night for their first four-game winning streak since early June.
Chisholm had an RBI grounder in the first, a solo homer in the sixth off Aaron Nola and a three-run homer in the seventh against Matt Strahm that put the Yankees ahead 5-4.
“It feels great, being part of a winning team, helping them win, trying to make the playoffs right now, trying to give ourselves No. 28,” Chisholm said, referring to what would be the Yankees’ next World Series title.
Chisholm has homered twice in two of three games with the Yankees after having three multihomer performances in 405 games with Miami, which traded him last weekend.
“I can tell you he’s having fun playing the game,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I can tell you he enjoys this environment, this stage, the arena and the action. He’s embraced us and everyone in that room has embraced him.”
Clay Holmes’ wild pitch allowed Josh Rojas to score the tying run in the ninth, Alex Verdugo’s sacrifice fly put the Yankees back ahead in the 11th and Austin Hays made it 6-6 with an RBI single in the bottom half, when Trent Grisham’s diving catch on Alec Bohm’s two-out liner to center stranded Hays at third.
After Torres’ sacrifice fly in the 12th against Orion Kerkering (2-2), Michael Tonkin (4-4) pitched his second inning of relief. He struck out two in a perfect inning, sending the Phillies to just their third three-game losing streak this season and their 10th loss in 14 games.