Atlanta Braves dominate New York Yankees for eighth win in 10 games

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried shut down the Yankees for five innings before tiring on a scorching afternoon, Jarred Kelenic drove in two runs and the Atlanta Braves beat New York 3-1 on Sunday for their eighth victory in 10 games after five. -streak of consecutive defeats.

Fried (7-3) allowed three singles in the first five innings, then allowed three hits in the sixth, including Anthony Volpe’s RBI double. Fried improved to 4-1 in his last six starts, allowing six hits over six innings with four strikeouts and no walks.

He mixed in 25 fastballs, 19 sinkers, 18 curveballs, 14 changeups, six sweepers, four cutters and a slider.

Atlanta (43-32) won two of three games against the Yankees (52-28), who lost their third straight series after losing two of three to Boston and Baltimore.

New York placed slugger Giancarlo Stanton on injured reserve, a day after straining his left hamstring. The Yankees have lost six of their last eight games.

Pierce Johnson, Joe Jiménez and Raisel Iglesias followed Fried. Iglesias got three outs for his 20th save in 22 opportunities, his 12th in a row.

The game temperature of 92 degrees was the hottest at Yankee Stadium since July 16, 2021.

Kelenic homered in the third inning on a first pitch from Nestor Cortes (4-6) and hit a sacrifice fly in front of Ozzie Albies’ RBI single in a two-run fifth. Kelenic is hitting .324 with three homers and six RBIs in eight games since taking over the leadoff spot following Ronald Acuña Jr.’s season-ending torn left ACL.

Cortes allowed three runs and five hits in seven innings with seven strikeouts and no walks. He is 4-3 with a 1.84 ERA at home and 0-3 with a 5.57 ERA on the road.

TRAINERS ROOM

Yankees: Stanton was placed on IL for 10 days and New York recalled INF Oswald Peraza from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

FOLLOWING

Braves: RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (1-2, 4.98) starts Monday’s series opener at St. Louis and RHP Lance Lynn (2-3, 4.08).

Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (0-0, 4.50 ERA) makes his second start of the season in Tuesday’s Subway Series opener against the New York Mets, who back LHP David Peterson (3-0 , 3.97). Cole threw 62 pitches in four-plus no-decision innings against Baltimore on Wednesday.

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