Atlanta Braves at New York Yankees

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Atlanta Braves

70-47, 31-27 Away

Final
4 - 5

New York Yankees

66-51, 29-25 Home

Cole outduels Sale in matchup of Cy Young winners as Yankees beat Braves 5-4

George Lombard Jr. crushes his 2nd HR as a Yankee

George Lombard Jr. hit his second career homer in the seventh to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead. The shortstop, who homered in his big league debut Tuesday, also drew a walk in the fifth following consecutive successful ABS challenges.

New York rookie Spencer Jones drove two runs, with a single in the second and his first career triple in the fifth. Jones also scored the tiebreaking run on a balk by Sale in the fifth. Ben Rice added his 32nd homer in the eighth.

Cole allowed two runs in the fifth and four of his six hits in the frame. He struck out nine and walked two in his third straight win.

Cole, who was the 2023 AL Cy Young winner, became the 13th Yankee to reach 1,000 career strikeouts when he got Matt Olson to end the fifth.

Lombard opened the fifth with a walk against Sale. Jones tripled, scoring Lombard. New York went ahead when Sale was called for a balk by plate umpire Dan Merzel before throwing a pitch to Austin Wells.

Sale appeared to have a slight hitch in his leg before starting his motion when he was called for his third career balk. Atlanta manager Walt Weiss argued the call before being ejected.

Pitching on nine days’ rest, Sale allowed five hits and three runs in six innings, while striking out eight. He is 0-3 in three matchups with Cole.

Mike Yastrzemski hit an RBI double, and Jim Jarvis had a run-scoring single in the fifth off Cole as the Braves dropped their second straight.

Ronald Acuña Jr. homered off Brent Headrick in the eighth and Paul Blackburn retired Ozzie Albies to end the inning. David Bednar allowed an RBI single by Dominic Smith and earned his 26th save.

Up next Atlanta RHP Grant Holmes (7-4, 3.67 ERA) faces New York RHP Cam Schlittler (10-6, 2.26) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Baldwin lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Thomas ran for Smith
	9th Inning	Smith singled to right, Yastrzemski scored.
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Smith hit for Jarvis
	9th Inning	Riley struck out swinging.

Statistics

ATL		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	8
10	Strikeouts	13
4	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	3
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
135	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	18
37	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
4.1	Runs Created	6.4
.250	Batting Average	.267
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.600
.194	Secondary Average	.567
.270	On Base Percentage	.371
.687	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.971
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.3
34.0	Batter Rating	41.5
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.65	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.60
.167	Isolated Power	.333
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.31
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
-.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.300
8.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
82.0	MLB Rating	87.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0