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Atlanta Braves @ New York Yankees

2026-08-08 · Day game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 45222 · 89°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 9 mph, Out To RF · 2:49

New York Yankees defeated Atlanta Braves 5–4. New York Yankees opened the scoring in the 2nd — Spencer Jones singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael Harris II. Trent Grisham scores. Atlanta Braves took the lead in the 5th — Jim Jarvis singles on a line drive to right fielder Spencer Jones. Mike Yastrzemski scores. Austin Riley to 2nd. New York Yankees took the lead in the 5th — Austin Wells doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Mauricio Dubón. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Spencer Jones triples (1) on a line drive to center fielder Michael Harris II. George Lombard Jr. scores — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Drake Baldwin C	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ronald Acuna DH	4	1	1	1	0	0
Matt Olson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Michael Harris CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ozzie Albies 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mauricio Dubon LF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Yastrzemski RF	3	2	1	1	1	1
Austin Riley 3B	4	0	1	0	0	3
Jim Jarvis SS	3	0	1	1	0	2
Dominic Smith PH	1	0	1	1	0	0
Lane Thomas PR	0	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Goldschmidt 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1
Heliot Ramos LF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ben Rice DH	4	1	1	1	0	1
Amed Rosario 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan McMahon 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Trent Grisham CF	4	1	1	0	0	3
George Lombard Jr. SS	3	2	2	1	1	1
Spencer Jones RF	3	1	2	2	1	0
Jose Caballero 2B	3	0	0	0	1	3
Austin Wells C	2	0	1	0	0	1