NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. was upset on Tuesday night that he wasn’t in the starting lineup to face Boston Red Sox left-hander Garrett Crochet. The New York Yankees had just dropped Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series and when he got home, Chisholm Jr. turned on MLB: The Show, the video game in which he’s got a custom team called the New York Aliens that features Ken Griffey Jr., Jimmy Rollins and himself.

He ended up mercy ruling his opponent and, after that, felt much better about everything.

“That’s how I get my stress off,” Chisholm Jr. said.

His comments brought a wave of laughter to the press conference room at Yankee Stadium and came just minutes after New York defeated Boston, 4-3, in a thrilling victory on Wednesday night that featured several lead changes and ulti

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