Cody Bellinger hits a double during the Yankees’ 10-4 blowout win over the White Sox on Aug. 28, 2025.AP
Chisholm, Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham all homered as the Yankees have gone deep 17 times during this five-game winning streak — their second in the past two weeks, with three losses to the Red Sox in between.
Thursday marked the 21st time this season they have scored double-digit runs, the most in the majors.
“We’re playing good baseball,” Bellinger said. “Talented team, and we’re putting together quality at-bats, getting guys on base and getting big knocks and homers. It’s fun, so we just got to keep it rolling.”
Jazz Chisholm Jr. rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the Yankees’ Aug. 28 win.Getty Images
The Yankees also capitalized on some shoddy defense by the White Sox (48-86) — owners of the second-worst record in the majors — and survived a crucial error of their own by Anthony Volpe that led to four unearned runs off Will Warren.
Volpe tried to make up for the costly error by going 2-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and a run scored after entering the night mired in a 1-for-37 skid.
In relief of Warren, who labored through five innings, Fernando Cruz, Luke Weaver, Devin Williams and Mark Leiter Jr. combined to throw four perfect innings with seven strikeouts to close out the win.
Cody Bellinger celebrates after a hit during the Yankees’ Aug. 28 win.AP
After clubbing six home runs in Wednesday’s drubbing of the Nationals, the Yankees picked up where they left off as Bellinger crushed a two-run homer off Davis Martin in the top of the first inning.
Chisholm then led off the second inning with a solo shot, his 26th of the season — tying him with Bellinger and (temporarily) Grisham for second on the team behind Aaron Judge.
Later in the inning, Volpe reached on an error, stole second base and came around to score on Ben Rice’s single that made it 4-0.
The White Sox came back to tie the game in the bottom of the second on a rally that started with Volpe’s AL-high 18th error of the season, booting Edgar Quero’s ground ball up the middle. Warren did not help himself, either, as he issued a one-out walk and then hit a batter before recording the second out — which should have been the third out.
But giving away the extra out came back to hurt the Yankees, as it often does, when Miguel Vargas crushed a grand slam off Warren that tied it 4-4.
“I hate that I give up the grand slam and it’s back to a 0-0 game,” Warren said. “[But] Judgey came over and was like, ‘Hey, we’re going to put up runs.’ I trust that we’re going to do that, and we have the capability of putting up 10 every night.”
Trent Grisham connects on a home run during the Yankees’ Aug. 28 win.IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
The Yankees took the lead for good in the top of the fifth.
Judge hit a chopper to third that Curtis Mead fielded and threw off-target to first, putting Vargas in harm’s way as his outstretched hand was clipped by Judge.
Vargas hit the deck in pain as the throw skipped by him, allowing Rice to score to make it 5-4.
Cam Boozer reacts after allowing a home run to Trent Grisham during the Yankees’ Aug. 28 win.Matt Marton-Imagn Images
Bellinger came up next and hit a double to right field that ex-Yankee Mike Tauchman nearly made a terrific leaping grab on, only for the ball to pop out of his glove. Judge then scored from third on Chisholm’s sacrifice fly.
The Yankees added on in the eighth inning, which began with the White Sox’s third error of the night.
That was followed by a Ryan McMahon double and a Volpe sacrifice fly before Grisham went deep for the fourth time in his past five games, a two-run shot to put the Yankees up 9-4.
“We’re never satisfied with second place or third place,” Chisholm said. “We just lost the World Series last year. That’s second place, and we still weren’t satisfied. I don’t think we’re going to be satisfied with coming in second or third in the division. That would be even more upsetting than losing the World Series.”
