Derek Jeter inspiring Yankees in clubhouse during recent swoon. Here’s how

NEW YORK — Derek Jeter hasn’t been in pinstripes for more than a decade now, but the Yankees are still using him as an inspiration.

Third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. revealed after Sunday’s win over the Orioles that the Yankees recently watched Jeter’s commencement speech at the University of Michigan from earlier this year.

“Everybody goes through a rough stretch, man. We all do it,” Chisholm said. “He said it before in front of a thousand people, and he always said it. You’re gonna fail. Eventually you’re gonna fail. It’s just how you bounce back or how you cut it off.”

The comment from Chisholm was in reference to the Yankees’ rough week, part of what has the makings to be a real June swoon.

Before the Yankees’ comeback win over Baltimore on Sunday afternoon, the team had lost seven of their previous nine games. Their high-octane offense was suddenly churning out uninspiring performances, struggling mightily to capitalize in run-scoring opportunities. Those issues even carried over into the middle innings on Sunday, lingering until Chisholm broke through with his go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth inning.

As Chisholm mentioned, the Yankees are focused on putting their recent stretch into perspective. Every team goes through these types of lulls over a 162-game campaign. The championship-caliber clubs are the ones that can move forward and turn the pressure into diamonds.

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The Yankees, like all teams, have their flaws. But they’re also 13 games over .500 with a 2 1/2-game lead in the American League East. That makes the last two weeks slightly easier to swallow.

“Seven or seven games ain’t gonna kill us,” Chisholm added.

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Max Goodman may be reached at mgoodman@njadvancemedia.com.