Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr leans into lollipop fiasco after clutch home run in win over Tigers

As it turned out, New York Yankees 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. wasn’t nan sucker everyone thought he was pursuing his lollipop fiasco.

Chisholm resoundingly unopen up critics aft drafting power for playing nan infield pinch a lollipop successful his mouth against nan Detroit Tigers connected Monday night.

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New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. celebrates his two-run location tally against nan Detroit Tigers during nan sixth inning of a shot crippled successful Detroit connected June 23, 2026. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)

On Tuesday, Chisholm went 2-for-4 pinch a sixth-inning two-run location tally disconnected Tigers starter Casey Mize. The dinger put New York successful beforehand and nan squad ne'er looked backmost from there.

The Yankees won nan game, 4-3.

When Chisholm returned to nan dugout aft his go-ahead location run, he grabbed a clasp of a lollipop instrumentality successful nan dugout and held it up for nan cameras.

"The ‘Lollipop Kid’ came done coming successful a large way," Yankees head Aaron Boone said aft nan game, via MLB.com. "He tin person each nan lollipops he wants now. So, we’re good."

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New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. watches his two-run location tally against nan Detroit Tigers during nan sixth inning of a shot crippled successful Detroit connected June 23, 2026. (Paul Sancya/AP)

Chisholm said he didn’t cognize Boone called him nan "Lollipop Kid." But added that he and Boone said astir nan incident, specifically connected "safety habits."

Boone said he was OK pinch Chisholm leaning into nan lollipop spot arsenic agelong arsenic he kept the candy successful nan dugout astatine each times.

Chisholm is batting .230 this play pinch 12 location runs.

The Yankees improved to 47-31 pinch nan win, maintaining a three-game lead connected nan Baltimore Orioles successful nan American League East.

New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. looks backmost astatine nan dugout aft hitting a two-run location tally against nan Detroit Tigers during nan sixth inning of a shot crippled successful Detroit connected June 23, 2026. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)

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The Tigers fell to 34-45 and are trying to enactment retired of nan bottommost of nan American League Central.