New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles

BALTIMORE – Trent Grisham would be the first to admit his season hasn’t measured up to expectations. The Yankees outfielder also knows it’s not too late to change the story. Grisham continued his recent offensive surge on Tuesday night, homering and driving in three runs in the Yankees’ 3-1 victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards. “Having him at the top, I feel like he gives us that impact bat from the start,” said catcher Austin Wells. “I feel like that’s what we need, and he’s been doing a great job of that, so it’s been awesome.” Though hits were sparse through the season’s first several months, Grisham has begun to produce – a welcome sign for a lineup desperately in search of thump, with big bats Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton all working their way back from the injured list. “I would say I’m more consistently getting into my process, not really caring about the results, really making that my number one priority,” Grisham said. That may sound odd at first, but Grisham said it stems from a belief system he has adopted over the previous three seasons, attempting to wash away “a lot of consistently bad thinking” that led to “not playing up to the level that I think I’m capable of.” Grisham stuck with it, even when the numbers didn’t look pretty. “Maybe I wasn’t getting the results in hits, but that’s not necessarily what I’m chasing,” Grisham said. “I feel like I was hitting the ball well the first month, just hitting it right at people and getting out, which is baseball. It’s kind of relative. I feel like I played really well. I just didn’t have the quote-unquote numbers that everyone was looking for.” There was nothing ambiguous about Tuesday’s stat line. Grisham launched a solo homer in the third inning off Shane Baz, his 17th of the season, then knocked in two runs with a go-ahead single facing reliever Josh Walker in the seventh.