CHICAGO — Ten minutes after the final out to a historic Yankees win on the Southside of Chicago, a 10-4 White Sox slaying Thursday night that included three more homers to make it an MLB record-tying 33 in 10 games, second baseman Jazz Chisholm made it clear that the two teams ahead of his in the AL East standings are in their crosshairs.

“We want the division,” Chisholm said after the Yankees won their fifth in a row to improve to 12-4 following a gut-wrenching 20-31 stretch from June 13 to Aug. 10.

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The Yankees still have 31 days and 28 games to pass the Red Sox, who are a half-game up on them for second, and the first-place Blue Jays, who are four games ahead.

“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. So I don’t think we’re going to be satisfied coming in second or third. That would be even more upsetting than losing the World Series.

“So right now it’s just like we’re going to go out there and win that (division), and then we’re going to win the World Series.”

That’s the plan, but the schedule will be getting a lot tougher starting next week.

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The Yankees have been feasting teams with losing records during their hot streak, going 11-1 against the Twins, Cardinals. Rays, Nationals and White Sox while dropping three of four at home to Boston. But following this four-game series with the White Sox, who are last in the AL Central, the Yanks play the three AL division leaders in a row — the Astros in Houston, then the Blue Jays and Tigers in New York.

After that, the Yankees go to Boston to play the Red Sox before finishing the regular season with 10 in a row against last-place teams — three at home against the White Sox and seven against the Orioles, the first four in Baltimore.

“Nothing’s impossible,” outfielder Cody Bellinger said. “I like where we’re at pitchers, bullpen, lineup … We’ve got to keep showing up and playing our best baseball. We’re doing that right now.”

In the series opener with the White Sox, Bellinger’s two-run, first-inning homer was the first big hit on a night the Yankees reached double-figures runs for an MLB-leading 21st time.

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“It’s why I still feel like our best baseball is in front of us because, knock on wood, we’re healthy,” manager Aaron Boone said. “So there’s real length to the order and there’s places that can hurt you up and down the order. There’s obviously the speed element with a number of guys, and because our bench is improved, we have better options in certain situations.

“A lot of good players are doing some good things right now.”

Trent Grisham, Chisholm and Bellinger homered for the Yankees, who became the fourth team to hit 33 homers in a span of 10 games along with the 1977 Red Sox, 2006 Braves and 2019 Dodgers.

“We have the ability of putting up 10 every night,” winning pitcher Will Warren said after allowing four unearned runs in a five-inning start. “I think we’re playing baseball like we’re supposed to be playing.

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“When we pitch and play defense and score runs like we’re supposed to, I don’t think there’s anybody that can match up.”

The Yankees definitely have their swag back, but they still have to prove they can beat the Blue Jays and Red Sox. They’re 2-8 against Boston, 3-7 versus Toronto and 69-45 against everyone else.

“We all know it’s a super team,” Chisholm said. “We’ve got a bunch of superstars on this team and we’ve got a lot of upcoming stars as well like Ben Rice and Will Warren.

“We know we’ve got to get to the playoffs and we’re just doing our best to do that.”

Preferably as division champs for the second year in a row.

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“We don’t just want a wild card spot,” Chisholm said.

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Randy Miller may be reached at rmiller@njadvancemedia.com.