Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s power has been a key to the New York Yankees’ past two victories.

And after the best game of Chisholm’s inconsistent season, the Yankees will seek a third straight win Tuesday night when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates, though heavy rain is expected for the New York area.

New York is 6-2 in its past eight games, and Chisholm has four of his 16 homers in that span. He hit a tie-breaking homer to left field off Evan Phillips in the eighth inning to send the Yankees to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the nightcap of Sunday’s doubleheader before recording his 10th career multi-homer game in Monday’s 8-5 victory over the Pirates.

Chisholm heads into Tuesday hitting .368 (7-for-19) in his past five games. He slugged a three-run homer in the first inning Monday and a go-ahead, two-run homer in the third after getting a pep talk from teammates.

“He’s capable of that,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “When he gets it rolling, he’s capable of big things.”

Chisholm is hitting .228 and is third on the Yankees in homers behind injured star Aaron Judge and Ben Rice, who is batting .378 during a career-high 12-game hitting streak. Chisholm also is hitting .260 (13-for-50) in 14 games this month after hitting .177 in his previous 25.

“I felt like I was trying to overdo it, trying to hit a five-run home run with nobody on base,” Chisholm said. “Realizing that we do this as a team and everybody play their game because none of us are Aaron Judge.”

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, is 8-4 in its past 12 games and hopes to see more big swings from rookie Esmerlyn Valdez, who hit a 431-foot two-run homer that gave the Pirates a brief lead Monday. He has at least one RBI in eight straight games.

Valdez is the first Pirate with an RBI and an extra-base hit in eight games in a row since Hall of Famer Willie Stargell in 1971. He also is hitting .369 with 11 of his 13 homers and 29 RBIs over his past 23 games since June 19.

“It felt good to be next to those names,” Valdez said through an interpreter.

Despite the short outing from All-Star Braxton Ashcraft on Monday, the Pirates should be well-situated in their bullpen if needed on Tuesday. Wilber Dotel and Brandon Eisert combined on four innings before Dennis Santana got upset at Jose Caballero for taking too long in the batter’s box, triggering a brief benches-clearing incident.

“Dennis just got frustrated by something,” Pittsburgh manager Don Kelly said. “Thankfully it didn’t end up being a big deal.”

Bubba Chandler (3-8, 4.77 ERA), who is 2-2 with a 4.68 ERA in his past eight games, will start for the Pirates on Tuesday. Pittsburgh is 5-3 in those games. In his most recent start, the right-hander allowed two runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings while throwing 97 pitches in a no-decision during the Pirates’ 3-2 home win over the Milwaukee Brewers on July 11.

He has never faced the Yankees.

Right-hander Will Warren (7-4, 4.03 ERA), who has struggled at times recently after a quick start to the season, will start for the Yankees.

Warren is 0-3 with a 5.56 ERA in his past seven starts since getting off to a 7-1 start. He has allowed two runs or less in two of his past three starts, however, including a no-decision at Washington in which he allowed one run on four hits in five innings on July 12.

Warren has no decisions in two career outings vs. the Pirates, with a 12.60 ERA over five innings.

Warren has a 12.60 ERA in a pair of appearances against the Pirates.

–Field Level Media

The Boston Red Sox are riding a tremendous wave of momentum entering Tuesday night’s matchup against the visiting Baltimore Orioles.

Caleb Durbin’s solo home run with two outs in the eighth inning propelled Boston to a 6-5 triumph over Baltimore on Monday. It was the 14th consecutive victory and 19th in the last 21 games for the Red Sox.

Durbin called it the biggest hit of his career.

“Man, the electricity on that one is probably top of the list,” he said. “Just being able to come through for the guys and get the lead there was big.

“Late in the game, two outs especially, trying to get on second base at the very least. Trying to do some damage. If there’s a spot to try to let it eat, it’s there.

“We were digging, right? We were grinding there early on. You keep going knowing that there’s opportunities and there’s moments ahead like this, and there’s going to be plenty more. It’s a boring answer, but (the key is) keeping the same approach and keep moving forward every single day.”

Boston is averaging 5.9 runs per game during its 14-game winning streak, which is the second-longest such streak in team history. The Red Sox won 15 games in a row in 1946.

Boston’s starting pitchers have a 2.63 ERA during the streak, while the relievers are at 1.15.

“That was unbelievable,” Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said of Monday’s victory. “It was a heck of an effort. Had to come back multiple times and kept fighting back. It was a heck of a win.

Boston trailed 1-0 in the first inning, 4-3 in the sixth and 5-4 in the seventh.

“They’re giving everything they got,” Tracy said. “They’re executing. They’re doing a great job.”

The loss ended Baltimore’s seven-game winning streak. Durbin’s home run came against Tyler Wells.

“Credit to (Durbin),” Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said. “He put a good swing on it. Wells has been outstanding for us. All of our bullpen guys have been answering the bell. One pitch you just want back, but Wells has been outstanding.

“Great back-and-forth game. It stinks we didn’t come out on the right side, (but) it was a great atmosphere.”

Baltimore committed four errors in the loss, including two when Boston scored two runs in the third inning. Two of Boston’s six runs were unearned.

“You look at the errors and it’s rough, but it kind of just shows us that that’s a game we could have won and probably should have,” said Orioles second baseman Jeremiah Jackson, who committed one error.

“Two really good teams going at it. We can compete with anybody.”

The Orioles will send right-hander Kyle Bradish (6-9, 3.61 ERA) to the mound on Tuesday for the second contest of the three-game series. Bradish is 1-6 with a 6.75 ERA in 10 career starts against Boston.

Tracy said left-hander Ranger Suarez (4-3, 3.15 ERA) will be activated from the 15-day injured list to start on Tuesday. Suarez sustained a groin injury during a July 5 start against the Los Angeles Angels.

He’s 0-2 with a 4.32 ERA in four career starts against Baltimore.

–Field Level Media

The surging Milwaukee Brewers will look to remain perfect in the second half on Tuesday when they send right-hander Brandon Sproat against the visiting New York Mets.

Sproat (3-4, 5.16 ERA), who was acquired from the Mets in the offseason trade involving fellow pitcher Freddy Peralta, will be opposed by rookie left-hander Zac Thornton (0-1, 2.60).

The Brewers rocked Peralta for seven runs in 5 1/3 innings Monday in an 8-3 win in the series opener. Andrew Vaughn belted a two-run homer and rookie Cooper Pratt launched a solo shot for his first career homer off Peralta, who pitched the previous eight seasons in Milwaukee.

Joey Ortiz added a three-run homer off Xzavion Curry.

Hard-throwing ace Brewers Jacob Misiorowski, who skipped his last start before the All-Star break due to arm fatigue, allowed one unearned run in four innings in a planned shortened start.

National League Central-leading Milwaukee, which resides seven games ahead of the second-place Chicago Cubs, has won four in a row since the break to improve to a season-high 26 games above .500. The Brewers are a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the best record in the majors.

Pratt, who moved into the starting shortstop role after being called up from Triple-A Nashville in mid-June, is batting .357 (15-for-42) over his last 13 games with two doubles, a triple, a homer and six RBIs.

“Cooper’s very capable,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said after Pratt had three hits in Monday’s win. “He’s got a lot to learn, the game. Nights like tonight, very encouraging.”

Ortiz, who struggled early, is batting .326 (15-for-46) with three doubles, three homers and seven RBIs over his last 14 games.

Garrett Mitchell also remained red-hot with an RBI single and a double. He is hitting .397 (25-for-63) with eight doubles, two homers, a triple and 10 RBIs in 17 games in July.

Sproat, who will be facing his former team for the first time, is 2-0 with a 3.55 ERA over his last seven starts, allowing 13 runs in 33 innings. Sproat lasted just three innings in his last start, yielding three runs (two earned) but did not get a decision in a 7-6 loss at Pittsburgh.

Thornton, who has split time between Triple-A and New York, will be making his fourth start for the Mets this season. He has allowed five runs in 17 1/3 innings, but just one homer.

In his last start on July 12, he allowed just two hits over seven scoreless innings but did not get the decision in his team’s 10-inning loss to the Boston Red Sox.

“We’ve been needing that from someone,” interim manager Andy Green said about Thornton. “You can see he’s unafraid, and you can see he’s on the attack. So as painful as this moment is, those are good signs for our future to see a young guy step on the mound and pitch like that.”

Bo Bichette was 2-for-3 in the series opener. He is hitting .325 with five homers, nine doubles, a triple and 23 RBIs over his last 39 games.

–Field Level Media