NEW YORK (Interstat) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit two home runs and drove in five runs to lead the New York Yankees to an 8-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday at Yankee Stadium II. Chisholm homered in the first and third innings, the latter putting the Yankees ahead to stay. New York scored four runs in the first on Chisholm’s first homer and a fielder’s choice error. Pittsburgh answered with three runs in the second and two in the third on Esmerlyn Valdez’s two-run homer to take a 5-4 lead. Chisholm’s second homer tied it, and Jose Caballero’s two-run double gave New York the lead. Angel Chivilli (1-0) earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless innings. Fernando Cruz pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his second save. Braxton Ashcraft (9-4) took the loss. Attendance was 42,348. Game time: 2:47. The Yankees improved to 56-44, the Pirates fell to 52-49.