The New York Yankees beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Aug 8, 2026 at Yankee Stadium.
Final · Yankee Stadium
Top performers
- Ronald Acuna Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Braves.
- Chris Sale pitched 6.0 innings for the Braves, allowing 3 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- George Lombard Jr. went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Yankees.
- Gerrit Cole pitched 7.0 innings for the Yankees, allowing 2 earned runs with 9 strikeouts.
Atlanta Braves box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Baldwin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Jarvis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dominic Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Sale | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Victor Mederos | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
New York Yankees box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Grisham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ben Rice | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Heliot Ramos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Amed Rosario | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Caballero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| George Lombard Jr. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Jones | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Wells | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan McMahon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrit Cole | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| David Bednar | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Headrick | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Blackburn | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Before and after
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