The Yankees hit three more home runs as they defeated the lowly White Sox, 10-4, on Thursday night in Chicago.

New York now has 33 home runs in their last 10 games. The Yanks have 21 games with 10-plus runs this season, the most in MLB. Thursday's victory extended their winning streak to five games, and they are now 4.0 games behind the idle Blue Jays for first place in the AL East.

Here are the takeaways...

-A day after smashing six longballs in the series finale against the Nationals, the Yankees got the scoring started early with a two-run shot from Cody Bellinger in the second inning. It's the 41st first-inning homer this season for the Yankees, which leads MLB. Jazz Chisholm Jr. would lead off the second with a solo shot to give the Yankees an early 3-0 lead. Ben Rice would tack on with an RBI single after Anthony Volpe reached on an error and stole second base.

-Will Warren worked into trouble in the first two innings. He escaped back-to-back two-out singles in the first inning, but the same wouldn't be said for the second. After Volpe booted a grounder, Warren walked and hit a batter to load the bases with one out. Warren struck out Mike Tauchman, but fell behind Miguel Vargas 2-0 before missing badly on a sinker, and the first baseman deposited the pitch over the wall for a grand slam to tie the game at 4-4.

Warren would get into trouble one more time in the fifth, allowing two runners on with one out, but got two flyouts to end the White Sox threat.

The young right-hander did not have his best stuff, but if it weren't for the Volpe error, the ledger would have looked a lot different. He tossed 93 pitches (51 strikes) over five innings, allowing four runs (none earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three batters.

-Vargas would not get a chance to build on his grand slam as he would be injured in the fifth inning when a throw from third base was up the line and Judge ran through Vargas' glove hand. The ball would trickle into foul territory, allowing Rice to score from first base to give the Yankees a lead. Vargas would be removed with a wrist injury. After a Bellinger double that was almost caught at the wall, Giancarlo Stanton grounded into a fielder's choice, but Chisholm came through to score Judge from third on a sac fly.

Volpe would tack on in the eighth with a sac fly to put the Yankees up 7-4. Trent Grisham hit the knockout blow with a two-run shot, his 27th of the season, as the outfielder's career year continues. Paul Goldschmidt's sac fly in the ninth capped off the Yankees' scoring.

-In relief of Warren, Fernando Cruz made his second appearance since returning from the IL. He was much better this time through as he pitched a 1-2-3 sixth inning and struck out one batter. Luke Weaver struck out two in a 1-2-3 seventh, Devin Williams struck out the side in the eighth before giving way to Mark Leiter Jr. in the ninth, with the right-hander handling it on just 13 pitches with a strikeout.

-Volpe started at shortstop and batted ninth in the order in the midst of a 1-for-37 slump. In his first at-bat, he tried to bunt his way on but had to settle for reaching on an error. He would finally get off the schneid with a two-out double in his second at-bat. He would single in his third at-bat. Volpe finished 2-for-3, with an RBI, run scored and a stolen base. It's his first multi-hit game since Aug. 1 and his first stolen base since Aug. 6.

-After a day off in the series finale with the Nationals, Stanton got the start in right field on Thursday. The slugger went 0-for-4 with a strikeout. He and Goldschmidt (0-4, RBI, run scored) were the only starters to go hitless.

Game MVP: Yankees bullpen

After the Vargas grand slam, Yankees pitching allowed just two hits, with the bullpen giving up none. Cruz, Weaver, Williams and Leiter Jr. combined to pitch four scoreless innings and strike out seven batters.

Here are the takeaways...

Game MVP: Yankees bullpen

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