PHILADELPHIA — When the Yankees next take the field, their lineup could look different for the third straight day.
But the one they threw Monday night on the eve of the trade deadline looked very potent against the National League’s best, as the Yankees won a third straight game for the first time in more than a month.
Amid what Aaron Boone described as a “troubling time” for his players, there was, of course, one constant for the Yankees: Aaron Judge, who crushed his 38th and 39th home runs of the year.
But Judge got plenty of help from a lineup that’s starting to look deep and dangerous again, this time in a 14-4 win over the Phillies in front of a sellout crowd at Citizens Bank Park.
After hitting a season-high six home runs Monday — including three off Phillies ace Zack Wheeler — the Yankees (63-45) have now scored 40 runs in their last four games.
That includes three straight wins for the first time since they won four in a row from June 9-12, shortly before their six-week slumber began.
Jazz Chisholm Jr., in his second game with the team and starting the first game of his professional career at third base, smashed his first two home runs as a Yankee (one against a position player).
Ben Rice hit his first home run of the second half.
A healthy Austin Wells hit a two-run triple to help Wheeler exit the game.
Anthony Volpe hit a two-point shot, his third in the last seven games after going 56 games without a goal.
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