The New York Yankees were defeated
by the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night.
The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the
final score was 3-1. Nestor Cortes
started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched a couple of
solid innings and the offense was led by Ben Rice and Trent Grisham who each
had two hits.
Cortes pitched seven innings giving
up five hits and three runs with seven strikeouts. Cortes lost his sixth game of the
season. Tommy Khanle pitched an inning
giving up a hit and he struck out three and Clay Holmes pitched a perfect
inning with two strikeouts.
Max Fried started for the Braves
and he pitched six innings giving up six hits and a run with four
strikeouts. Fried picked up his seventh
win of the season. Pierce Johnson
pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out a batter, Joe Jimenez
pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Raisel Iglesias pitched a
perfect inning with two strikeouts and he earned his 20th save of
the season.
Anthony Volpe had a hit and an RBI,
Juan Soto had a hit and Aaron Judge had a hit.
Rice had two hits, Grisham had two hits and Volpe hit a double. The Yankees were 0-2 with runners in scoring
position and left four men on base.
Jarred Kelenic had a hit and two
RBI, Ozzie Albies had a hit and an RBI and Marcell Ozuna had two hits. Ramon Laureano had a hit, Orlando Arcia had a
hit and it was a double and Kelenic hit a homerun. The Braves were 1-2 with runners in scoring
position and left four men on base.
In the top of the third Kelenic hit
a solo homerun giving the Braves a 1-0 lead.
In the top of the fifth Kelenic hit a sac fly pushing the lead to
2-0. Albies hit an RBI single and it was
3-0 Braves. In the bottom of the sixth
Volpe hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 3-1 but that was the final
score. The Braves took two out of three
in the series and the Yankees will be off on Monday. They will begin a two-game series with the
New York Mets on Tuesday night.