BALTIMORE — Jazz Chisholm Jr. formally gained entry to the Yankees‘ 30-30 membership on Friday, homering off Orioles reliever Dietrich Enns within the seventh inning.
With Chisholm having already secured his thirtieth stolen base of the season, his thirtieth residence run, a two-run shot, put the Yankees on the board after Orioles ace Trevor Rogers silenced the Bombers’ bats for the primary six innings. Chisholm went on to have a good time with high-fives and jumps within the Yankees’ dugout, however his blast couldn’t spark a comeback in what grew to become a 4-2 loss.
Welcome to the 30/30 membership, Jazz Chisholm Jr. 💪
Whereas Chisholm’s milestone didn’t result in a win, the 27-year-old is simply the third participant to hitch the Yankees’ 30-30 membership. Bobby Bonds hit 32 residence runs and swiped 30 bases in 1975, whereas Alfonso Soriano crushed 39 dingers and stole 41 luggage in 2002 earlier than repeating the feat with 38 homers and 35 steals in 2003.
The Mets’ Juan Soto is the one different participant with a 30-30 season in 2025. Chisholm achieved his in spite of some impeding accidents.
First, he missed a month with an indirect pressure. Shortly after getting back from that, a nagging groin damage restricted him to 2 unsuccessful stolen base makes an attempt for 39 video games.
“It’s really almost two months of play where he wasn’t stealing bases and a month where he wasn’t in the lineup,” Aaron Boone lately mentioned, “so it’s really impressive.”
With Chisholm in a position to document a 30-30 season with restricted time, he has expressed {that a} 40-40 marketing campaign is attainable. Solely six gamers in baseball historical past have authored one: Soriano, Shohei Ohtani, Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, Alex Rodriguez and Ronald Acuña Jr.
“I’ve started thinking about it,” Chisholm, who recorded 40 residence runs and 48 stolen bases over his first 162 video games with the Yankees, mentioned earlier this month.
“He probably feels like he could be more than that,” Boone added, a joking nod to Chisholm’s confidence.
Requested about being on the precipice of a 30-30 season final weekend, Chisholm mentioned that “it would mean a lot” if the accomplishment coincided with a division title. The percentages are towards his needs although, because the Yankees trailed the Blue Jays by three video games previous to play on Friday.
Toronto additionally holds the tiebreaker due to its 8-5 document in head-to-head play.
Whereas Chisholm’s newest dinger put the Yankees down one on Friday, his protection damage the crew within the sixth.
That’s when he adopted a fielding error from Will Warren with an error of his personal, utilizing his glove to flip a ball out of Paul Goldschmidt’s attain at first base. Ryan Mountcastle, who crushed a solo homer off Warren within the second, then added a run with a sac fly.
Warren in the end allowed three runs over 5.1 innings, although just one was earned, after a grounder gave the Orioles their third run within the sixth. Baltimore added an insurance coverage run within the seventh when Gunnar Henderson smoked a two-out, RBI double off Tim Hill.
The Yankees had been additionally victimized by good protection within the sixth, as Orioles left fielder Dylan Beavers robbed Goldschmidt on the wall earlier than laying out for a sinking line drive off Aaron Decide’s bat. The back-to-back internet gems got here after Austin Wells picked up the Yankees’ first hit off Rogers, a leadoff single.
Rogers, quietly among the best pitchers in baseball this season, accomplished six scoreless innings, solely permitted one hit, walked two and struck out seven as he lowered his ERA to 1.35.
