The Yankees hope to build on Juan Soto’s heroics against the White Sox

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With a major boost from Juan Soto, the New York Yankees evened their road series with the Chicago White Sox and reclaimed the American League East lead with a 4-1 victory on Tuesday.

Soto provided the offensive highlights with his first career three-hit game, but an uneven effort from the bullpen nearly erased those heroics and seven innings from Nestor Cortes.

On Wednesday, New York will look to secure a series win against the White Sox, who have lost 21 of 23 since the All-Star break.

The momentum break from Soto’s big night helps the Yankees.

“It’s always great to be locked in, to be ready for every pitch,” Soto said. “You know when you’re shut down and you’ve got a guy like (Aaron) Judge behind you, you’re going to get some pitches. So, it feels very good”.

While Soto delivered his sixth multi-goal game of the season, Judge contributed a pair of hits. Judge enters Wednesday’s game with his 300th career home run.

New York’s pennant chase will continue despite the expected absence of Jazz Chisholm Jr. The third baseman injured the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow during the Yankees’ 12-2 loss to Chicago on Monday.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the team expects to learn more before Wednesday’s game based on further analysis of tests and imaging.

“Something there. I’m not going to talk until all the doctors have had their say,” Boone said. “I only know the UCL injury, so we’ll see what we have here in the next 24 hours.”

Acquired from the Miami Marlins in a July 27 trade, Chisholm was batting .316 with seven home runs, 11 RBIs and five stolen bases in 14 games for his new team.

The White Sox cruised to an upset on Monday, riding the back of a season-high in runs and hits (18).

On Tuesday, however, Chicago scored its only run on an eighth-inning RBI single from Luis Robert Jr. The White Sox loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but were unable to score as Jake Cousins ​​homered in the first career rescue.

The White Sox fell to a team-worst 29-92, including 18-43 at home.

White Sox right-hander Davis Martin (0-1, 3.65 ERA) will try to lead the club to its first series win June 28-30 against the Colorado Rockies. Martin, who hasn’t faced the Yankees in his career, picked up a no-decision at Oakland on Aug. 7 after scattering two hits and a walk, striking out four in six scoreless innings.

Martin continues to progress with his stuff and behavior. The outing was his third since returning from Tommy John surgery.

“The fact that you can have some success in the big leagues after TJ brings a lot of confidence next week and the week after that,” Martin said. “Just going forward, it’s a really good starting point for me to build on and go from there.”

Rookie Will Warren (0-1, 11.17 ERA) gets the call for the Yankees in his third career start. Warren is coming off a loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 7, when he allowed eight runs and eight hits over 4 1/3 innings. He will face the White Sox for the first time.

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