On Friday evening, the Atlanta Braves (now 43-53 total) have been again from the All-Star break, and ready for them at Truist Park have been the New York Yankees (53-44 total). The 2 groups don’t meet sufficient to be thought-about rivals, however they’ve performed in sufficient significant video games, together with within the World Collection, to make each sequence matter.
The Braves defeated the Yankees 7-3 to stay undefeated at Truist Park in opposition to groups from New York Metropolis.
The Braves jumped out to a 2-0 lead within the first inning when Matt Olson doubled down the precise area line to convey house Jurickson Profar, who was in a position to rating from first base. Profar singled off Yankee starter Ian Hamilton to start out the sport. Ronald Acuna, Jr., batting third, additionally doubled down the precise area line, and Olson scored from second base.
The three-run first inning was one in all Atlanta’s finest begins to a house sport in months. Transferring Acuna to the third spot within the lineup can even give him extra alternatives for RBIs. Coming into the sport, Acuna solely had 22 RBI after having led off each sport this season till the sequence in St. Louis final week. Within the second inning, Acuna had one other alternative to drive in some runs with Profar and Olson on first and second base and two outs. He grounded out as a substitute.
Between the second inning, the Braves performed a “Welcome Again” video for former starter and World Collection champion Max Fried.
Michael Harris II caught a deep fly from Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe within the second inning. Volpe is hitting simply over .200 and would have had a double on the very least, however Harris tracked the ball right down to the middle area wall to make the third out of the inning. Harris (.210 with 6 HRs, and 44 RBI) isn’t hitting nicely of late, however his glove in middle is invaluable to this crew. Harris completed the sport 1-4 with a single.
Within the third inning, Acuna had a putout from deep in proper area that prompted each Yankees and Braves of their respective dugouts to query what they simply noticed. The flat-footed throw to 3rd base caught the bottom runner, Trent Grisham, unexpectedly, too.
Within the very subsequent half-inning, Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies added to his RBI tally with a three-run house run that gave Atlanta a 6-0 lead. Earlier within the sport, his sac-fly introduced in a run within the first inning. That gave Albies 4 RBI in lower than half a sport.
The run assist was greater than sufficient for Friday’s starter for Atlanta, Spencer Strider, who didn’t enable a run by way of six innings. Strider struck out three Yankees twice in that span, together with all-star proper fielder Aaron Decide. Strider’s evening, eight strikeouts and three hits allowed, was accomplished after six innings.
Coming to the plate with a double, a triple, and an RBI in hand, Acuna walked within the sixth inning. Yankees aid pitcher JT Brubaker had Acuna behind within the depend, and after the Braves’ all-star outfielder fouled off 4 consecutive pitches, Brubaker walked him. Acuna has grow to be one of many hardest gamers to strike out in baseball.
Braves pitcher Aaron Bummer got here out of the bullpen within the seventh inning and, after giving up two hits to Ben Rice and Austin Wells, gave up a two-run two-out double down the left area line to Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton was pinch-hitting for Yankees third baseman Jorbit Vivas. Dylan Lee got here in for Bummer with two outs in the identical inning and proceeded to surrender an RBI single to Cody Bellinger. The Yankees pulled nearer at 7-3 with Decide on the plate and two runners on base, earlier than Lee struck him out to lastly finish the inning. Decide, who got here into the sport hitting .355 with 35 house runs and 81 RBI, had three strikeouts on the evening.
Atlanta’s bullpen has been a problem the whole season. Pierce Johnson got here out of the bullpen to start out the eighth inning and struck out two of the 4 Yankees he confronted, with out giving up a run. Raisel Iglesias closed out the sport for Atlanta within the ninth inning.
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