Jorbit Vivas signed his first professional contract with the Dodgers when he was 16 years old in 2017. He played in 601 minor-league games, had 2,673 plate appearances and was called up to the majors three times before he got his first big-league at-bat on May 2.

Vivas got another first on Thursday afternoon: His first big-league home run. It was the difference as the Yankees ended a 5-1 homestand with a 1-0 victory over Texas at Yankee Stadium.

Carlos Rodon threw six shutout innings for the Yankees, who swept the three-game series and have won four in a row and 11 of their last 14. At 30-19, they are a season-high 11 games over .500.

Vivas had two of the biggest moments on the homestand. On Sunday night, he battled flame-throwing Mets reliever Ryne Stanek for 11 pitches and hit the grounder to first that Pete Alonso threw home wildly to allow the go-ahead run to score as the Yankees won the rubber match of the Subway Series.

On Thursday, on a chilly day in the Bronx, Vivas lined the first pitch of the bottom of the fifth from former Yankee Nathan Eovaldi 360 feet into the rightfield stands.

Think about what that trip around the bases must have been like for the 24-year-old.

“So many things are going through my head at that moment,” Vivas said through an interpreter. “I finally said, ‘I have my first one. Finally.’ ”

One more first for Vivas: The first person he called after the game was his mother in Venezuela.

The home run ball was retrieved by the Yankees.

“I’m going to take it back home to Venezuela and give it to my family,” Vivas said. “They have been there for me since I was a little kid, along this journey. A lot of support over the years.”

Many Yankees fans and even some of his own teammates don’t yet know how to pronounce Vivas’ first or last name (according to Yankees.com, it’s JOR-beet BEE-bas). The only “V” sound on Thursday was for victory.

The Yankees acquired Vivas from the Dodgers along with lefthander Victor Gonzalez for infielder Trey Sweeney on Dec. 11, 2023. They were intrigued by his lefty bat, but Vivas hit just .225 in the minors in an injury-shortened 2024.

Vivas actually spent three days last July and three more this April on the Yankees roster, but did not appear in a game. He has been getting regular playing time against righties at second or third base since Jazz Chisholm Jr. went on the injured list with an oblique strain on May 2. Vivas started at second on Thursday.

“Pretty cool to get your first [home run] in a 1-0 game and be the difference,” manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s capable of that. Really good swing. Jumped on a first-pitch heater and didn’t miss it. He’s had a couple big at-bats in this homestand for us, and that one was obviously big for us and [was] the difference in the game today.”

Rodon (6-3, 2.88 ERA) allowed two hits, walked two and struck out eight. He is 5-0 with a 1.48 ERA in his last seven starts.

“Carlos, again today, he had a little bit of everything working,” Boone said. “Even had his curveball. That kind of left him the last few. But really sharp.”

Mark Leiter Jr., Devin Williams and Luke Weaver (seventh save) each threw a scoreless inning of relief. Weaver was pitching for the third straight day, but he only threw two pitches on Tuesday, six on Wednesday and 10 on Thursday.

“Being efficient sometimes is really good,” said Weaver, who has allowed one earned run in 22 2/3 innings this season (0.40 ERA). “But it also allows you to be available.”

The Yankees left after the game for Denver to play the MLB-worst Rockies (8-42) in a three-city, nine-game trip that will also take them to Anaheim to face the Angels and then Los Angeles to face the Dodgers in a World Series rematch.

Reliever Fernando Cruz, who has been a strikeout machine in his first season with the Yankees, was placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Cruz, who has 35 strikeouts in 23 2/3 innings, said he had a cortisone shot. An MRI came back clean, Cruz said. Lefthander Brent Headrick was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.