Yankees’ Chisholm Suffers Elbow Injury as White Sox Snap Losing Streak
The New York Yankees suffered a blow on Monday night when third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. left the game with an elbow injury. The injury occurred in the fifth inning as Chisholm dove head-first into home plate after running from second on an Anthony Volpe infield single. He scored on the play but appeared to injure his left elbow on the slide.
Chisholm was replaced in the lineup by Ben Rice in the seventh inning and is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his elbow on Tuesday. He was not in the Yankees’ lineup for Tuesday’s game.
The injury came as the Yankees were trailing the Chicago White Sox 4-1. The White Sox went on to win the game 12-2, with another frustrating night for Yankees batters not named Aaron Judge or Juan Soto. The win was just the second for the White Sox since the All-Star break.
The White Sox recently tied the 1988 Baltimore Orioles for the longest losing streak in American League history at 21 games with an Aug. 7 loss to the Oakland A’s. They beat the A’s the following night to snap the streak. The Aug. 8 win was Chicago’s first since July 10, and it improved their record to 29-91. The Yankees dropped to 70-50, a half-game behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the AL East.
Chisholm has been a boost to New York’s offense since arriving via trade from the Miami Marlins before the trade deadline. In 13 games prior to Monday, the former All-Star was slashing.296/.345/.704 with seven home runs, 11 RBI, and four stolen bases with New York.
