A bad night for the New York Yankees got worse when third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. suffered an elbow injury.
The injury appeared to occur in the fifth inning. With the Yankees trailing the Chicago White Sox 4-1, Chisholm dove head first into home plate after running from second base on an infield single by Anthony Volpe.
Chisholm scored on the play, but appeared to injure his left elbow on the slide. A broadcast camera captured Chisholm working his elbow in the Yankees dugout after the play.
He left the game and was replaced by Ben Rice in the seventh inning. The New York Daily News reports that Chisholm met with a team doctor during the game and is scheduled to have a scan of his elbow on Tuesday. Further details about the injury were initially unclear.
The White Sox won the game 12-2 in another frustrating night for Yankees batters in a season filled with them, save for sluggers Aaron Judge and Juan Soto. The victory was only the second for the White Sox since the All-Star Break.
White 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 defeated the A’s the following night to snap the streak.
The Aug. 8 win was their first since July 10. Monday’s victory over the Yankees was just their second in that span to improve their record to 18-42. The Yankees moved 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 being acquired via a trade from the Miami Marlins before the trade deadline. In 13 games leading up to Monday, the former All-Star was hitting .296/.345/.704 with seven home runs, 11 RBI and four stolen bases with the Yankees.
