ST. LOUIS — Maybe, just maybe, that was the one.

The Yankees, and it goes without saying their fan base, certainly hope so.

After the Yankees opened their three-game series against the Cardinals on Friday night with a 4-3 victory , Jazz Chisholm Jr. indicated the win could be the one that sends his team on the kind of lengthy stretch of quality baseball that has been missing for more than two months.

“I feel like we’re starting to click as a team,” said Chisholm, whose two-out, two-run homer highlighted a three-run first inning on Friday that gave Luis Gil the lead before he delivered a pitch. “I feel like the energy is starting to come back. Everybody’s up on the top step of the dugout every at-bat, and I feel like that’s what we really needed.”

It remains to be seen if the victory

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