NEW YORK \u2013 Jazz Chisholm Jr. found a way to keep Aaron Judge’s bat in the New York Yankees’ lineup.<\/p>\n
After lumbering through the early innings, Chisholm borrowed lumber from the injured Yankees captain. His three-run homer with Judge’s model capped a five-run eighth inning in Sunday’s 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I pick up his bat I know I can\u2019t swing as hard as I can or else I\u2019ll tear an oblique like last year,\u201d Chisholm said. \u201cIt just helps me to just go out there and just control the barrel and just try to touch the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n Chisholm is a frequent filcher. He has been wearing Giancarlo Stanton\u2019s baggy pants and on May 18 appropriated Jos\u00e9 Caballero\u2019s 34-inch, 31-ounce Victus bat<\/a> for a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning of a 7-6 win over Toronto.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI probably use almost everybody\u2019s bat in here, except probably Goldy and Stanton,\u201d Chisholm said, referring to Paul Goldschmidt. \u201cThey\u2019re a little bit extra big.\u201d<\/p>\n While Chisholm swings a 34-ounce, 31-inch version, Judge\u2019s timber is a 35\/33, also carved by Chandler.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a heavy bat but doesn\u2019t feel that heavy,\u201d said Cody Bellinger, whose solo homer off Justin Slaten broke a 1-all tie in the eighth. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know he used Judge\u2019s bat. It\u2019s hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n Judge has a fractured rib and will be limited in his activity for a while. He will have additional imaging in about four-to-six weeks. <\/p>\n Stanton hasn’t played since April 24 because of strained right calf, and catcher Austin Wells joined them on the injured list Saturday because of cervical headaches.<\/p>\n New York is confident it can win without Judge, its three-time AL MVP.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m already a little tired of answering the question and we\u2019re only a couple of days into this,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said. \u201cWe got grownups in the room, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n New York is 2-3 without Judge, batting .226 with 19 runs.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody just, it feels like they’ve got to find a way to contribute as best they could in his absence,” Chisholm said.<\/p>\n Chisholm struck out leading off the third, fifth and seventh against Ranger Suarez, then hit his eighth home run this season on a first-pitch cutter from Joe La Sorsa, who had just replaced Slaten.<\/p>\n \u201cI was swinging and missing when I thought I was hitting the ball,” Chisholm said. \u201cSometimes you need a little bit more weight and a little less on your swing.\u201d<\/p>\n