Trent Grisham has emerged as a key contributor, hitting a grand slam and delivering his third straight game with a homer en route to a career-high 28 homers in his seventh big-league season. The Yankees won 10-2, marking their sixth straight victory and improving to 75-60. New York moved within three games of the Blue Jays for the division lead and into the top AL wild card spot. The club is 11-3 in its last 14 games, piling up runs often against weaker opponents and preparing to face the Astros to test its streak.
Grisham's breakout season continued Friday when he homered for the third straight game, crushing a grand slam that created some early breathing room before the Yankees piled on late for their season-high sixth straight win, 10-2 over the White Sox. "It's what I've always dreamed about and thought I was capable of," Grisham said of his career-high 28 homers in his seventh season as a big leaguer. "To do it is a whole other thing. But no, it does not surprise me."
The Yankees improved to 11-3 in their past 14 games, the three losses coming to the Red Sox. This hot streak will come with an asterisk because it has featured beating up on bad teams - the same bad teams that are on every other playoff contender's schedule - but the Yankees will get a chance to prove it is real beginning Tuesday against the Astros.
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