Electric Jazz Chisholm, Gary Sánchez blunder key Yankees' comeback win over Orioles

If it's felt like the New York Yankees have been light on late-game comebacks this season, it's because ... they have been. The team's recent offensive slide has been marked by:

• falling behind immediately
• fighting back in the middle innings, but either failing to draw even or failing to add after doing so
• frittering away the tie late
• going down silently and succumbing to the deficit

Maybe Sunday will mark a genuine turning of the tides. Maybe it won't. Regardless of what's to come, the Yankees finally have a potential curse-breaking win to hang their hats on, erasing a one-run eighth inning deficit and flipping the scoreboard with a Jazz Chisholm Jr. jolt.

After a sixth-inning rally turned fetid (second and third, no outs, no runs), the Yankees mounted another one in the bottom of the eighth after a grand Fernando Cruz escape. A Giancarlo Stanton laser single with a runner on second and one out put runners on the corners, and Chisholm faced a 3-0 count. He didn't let that deter him, zeroing in on the fastball he was seeking and rocketing it into the gap, scoring both runners - and yes, that's 37-year-old pinch-runner Paul Goldschmidt motoring for the lead run.

Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. speeds into home plate as Gary Sánchez drops ball to score fourth run

While Devin Williams has grown more trustworthy by the week, Yankee fans definitely preferred Chisholm Jr. score from third rather than linger there.

Have no fear: Chisholm Jr.'s speed - and Gary Sánchez's fumbling glove - are here!

Chisholm Jr. raced home on a slow DJ LeMahieu chopper, and though the umpires inexplicably took a long time sussing this one out, the fact of the matter is Sánchez dropped the ball and never had the chance to record an out. First time for everything!

Entering this game, the Yankees were 1-22 when trailing after seven innings this season. That statistic tells the story of their pythagorean record's mismatch from reality. When the Yankees are down late, they rarely come home victorious. They've also got 32 losses on the season, meaning they've lived through a full 10 losses where they were either winning or tied at the end of seven frames.

That's the tale of a very good team that could use some tightening at the margins and some fortitude in the late innings. Sunday was a phenomenal step forward in the right direction - and maybe seeing a reminder of their past in Sánchez helped them find their footing in an AL East showdown for the first time in a while.