Nothing separated these two teams for seven innings, and it looked like Atlanta's pitching might hold up all night. Instead, the Yankees turned a quiet game into a finish that took extra baseball to settle, rallying twice in the final three innings before Ryan McMahon ended it in the 10th.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Max Fried was the story for six-plus innings before the bats took over. He worked 6.1 innings, allowing 3 hits and no runs while striking out 7. Tyler Mahle matched him nearly pitch for pitch on the other side, going 6.0 innings with 3 hits, no runs and 9 strikeouts. Neither starter figured in the decision, but both set the stage for a night decided in the bullpens.
Atlanta broke through first. Austin Riley homered to left in the eighth inning to make it 1-0, and Matt Olson followed with a solo shot to center in the ninth that pushed the lead to 2-0. But the Yankees answered immediately. Austin Wells doubled to right to bring home George Lombard Jr. and cut the deficit to one, and Ben Rice followed with a single to right that scored Wells and tied the game at 2-2. In the 10th, McMahon delivered the finishing blow, hitting a sacrifice fly to right that brought home García Jr. and gave New York the 3-2 lead it would not relinquish.
Tyler Kinley took the loss for Atlanta, charged with 1 run over 0.2 innings while striking out one and walking two. The Braves' bullpen as a whole covered 3.2 innings and allowed 3 runs. David Bednar earned the win for New York, tossing a scoreless inning to close it out, while the Yankees' relief corps combined for 3.2 innings and 2 runs allowed.
The result snapped Atlanta's momentum, dropping the Braves to 70-46, while New York improved to 65-51 and snapped a stretch with the win. Atlanta still sits atop its division, but this one got away late.