Jazz Chisholm Jr. injures elbow in Yankees' 12-2 loss to White Sox
A bad night for the New York Yankees got worse with an elbow injury to third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.
The injury appeared to take place 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 on an Anthony Volpe infield single.
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Chisholm scored on the play but appeared to injure his left elbow on the slide. A broadcast camera recorded him working out his elbow in the Yankees dugout after the play.
Jazz Chisholm has left tonight's game.
Chisholm was seen shaking out his arm after a hard slide into home plate in the 5th inning
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He left the game and was replaced in the lineup 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 undergo an MRI on his elbow Tuesday. He was not in the Yankees' lineup for Tuesday's game.
The White Sox went on to win the game 12-2 on another frustrating night for Yankees batters not named Aaron Judge or Juan Soto in a season filled with them. 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. Monday's win over the Yankees was just their second in that span, 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.
