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NEW YORK – Contemplating weeks of the summer without several of their biggest bats, the Yankees wondered how they were going to produce offense. Perhaps, it was suggested, they could survive those absences with a “small ball” blend of contact and speed. Then again, those concerns might have been overblown. The Yankees seem to be doing just fine subscribing to their usual formula of bludgeoning opponents. Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt and Jazz Chisholm Jr. all homered as the Yankees – with two members of the NBA champion Knicks in the ballpark – coasted to their eighth win in nine games, posting a 10-5 victory over the White Sox on Wednesday evening at Yankee Stadium. “I think we all understood that a lot of our guys are out, and we have to do what we can to continue to win games,” Bellinger said. “No excuses. We’re playing well right now.” Winning for the ninth time in 13 games since losing Aaron Judge indefinitely to a stress fracture in his first right rib, the Yanks have built a 3 1/2-game lead in the American League East, their largest advantage since April 7. Even without Judge and Giancarlo Stanton on the active roster, two of the Bombers’ four MVPs continue to deliver big performances. Bellinger finished with three hits and a triple shy of the cycle while Goldschmidt launched his third homer in four games, powering an attack that has produced 22 runs and 29 hits over the first two games of this series.
