Atlanta Braves at New York Yankees

ATL 4 — 5 NYY

Final — 2026-08-08

MVP: Gerrit Cole 7.0 IP, 9 K, 2 ER

New York Yankees defeated Atlanta Braves 5-4. Gerrit Cole led the way with 7.0 IP, 9 K, 2 ER. Gerrit Cole earned the win and Chris Sale took the loss. David Bednar recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	9	0
NYY	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	x	5	8	0

WP Gerrit Cole (6-5)

LP Chris Sale (12-7)

SV David Bednar (26)

Scoring Plays

Bot 2: Jones singled to center, Grisham scored. (0-1)

Top 5: Yastrzemski doubled to left, Dubón scored. (1-1)

Top 5: Jarvis singled to right, Yastrzemski scored, Riley to second. (2-1)

Bot 5: Jones tripled to center, Lombard Jr. scored. (2-2)

Bot 5: Jones scored on a balk. (2-3)

Bot 7: Lombard Jr. homered to right (352 feet). (2-4)

Top 8: Acuña Jr. homered to left center (383 feet). (3-4)

Bot 8: Rice homered to center (431 feet). (3-5)

Top 9: Smith singled to right, Yastrzemski scored. (4-5)

ATL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Baldwin	C	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.272	.360	.455	.815
Acuna	DH	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.247	.358	.444	.802
Olson	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.267	.344	.548	.892
Harris	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.320	.495	.815
Albies	2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.259	.311	.434	.745
Dubon	LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.268	.316	.404	.720
Yastrzemski	RF	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	.229	.313	.382	.695
Riley	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.297	.368	.665
Jarvis	SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.242	.289	.352	.641
Smith	PH	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.325	.402	.727
Thomas	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.322	.388	.710

NYY — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Goldschmidt	1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.247	.308	.450	.758
Ramos	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.259	.307	.419	.726
Rice	DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.260	.353	.550	.903
Rosario	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.274	.434	.708
Grisham	CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.210	.306	.377	.683
Lombard	SS	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	.385	.500	.846	1.346
Jones	RF	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	.217	.302	.400	.702
Caballero	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	.242	.296	.391	.687
Wells	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.173	.273	.299	.572
McMahon	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.217	.281	.378	.659

ATL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Sale	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	0	103-64	2.20	1.02	L, 12-7
Mederos	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	30-16	3.63	1.10
Young	1.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	28-16	6.35	2.12

NYY — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Cole	7.0	6	2	2	0	9	0	82-60	3.35	1.08	W, 6-5
Headrick	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	19-15	1.52	1.15
Blackburn	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-7	2.01	1.02
Bednar	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	25-15	2.61	1.05	S, 26

Venue: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York (45,222)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Dan Merzel, First Base Umpire: Dan Bellino, Second Base Umpire: Derek Thomas, Third Base Umpire: Mark Ripperger

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