Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. exits Thursday's game vs. Astros with knee contusions

Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. exited Thursday's game against the Astros with an apparent knee injury.

In the bottom of the third inning, Jose Altuve tried to advance to second base after a passed ball. Catcher Austin Wells recovered the baseball and threw to second, where Chisholm slapped down his tag on Altuve, who slid into the infielder's left knee.

Chisholm would take his at-bat in the top of the fourth inning, but after he struck out, he gingerly walked back to the dugout. The YES broadcast caught Chisholm in the dugout signaling to the coaching staff that he needed to come out of the game.

The Yankees announced that Chisholm was pulled with knee contusions in both knees. They happened on different plays. The team replaced Chisholm with Jose Caballero in the bottom of the fourth.

Chisholm was 0-for-2 with a strikeout before he left the game.

After the game, manager Aaron Boone gave a short update on Chisholm. 

"I don’t think it’s anything major, that’s the sense right now," he said. "We’ll see how he’s doing tomorrow."

Boone clarified that the first incident happened when Chisholm went down on his right knee for a groundball hit his way. The Yankees skipper believes Chisholm slammed his knee into the ground too hard. 

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