Cole Outduels Sale in Matchup of Cy Young Winners as Yankees Beat Braves 5-4
Gerrit Cole struck out nine and George Lombard Jr. and Spencer Jones homered as the Yankees won their third straight.
- On Saturday, New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole outdueled Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale as the Yankees won 5-4 in New York, with Cole pitching seven strong innings in a matchup of Cy Young Award winners.
- Cole, the 2023 AL Cy Young winner, earned his third straight win with nine strikeouts and two walks, becoming the 13th Yankee to reach 1,000 career strikeouts when he struck out Matt Olson in the fifth.
- Rookie Spencer Jones drove in two runs with a single in the second and his first career triple in the fifth; George Lombard Jr. hit his second career homer, and Ben Rice added his 32nd home run.
- Sale surrendered a run on a balk call in the fifth, prompting Atlanta manager Walt Weiss to argue before his ejection; David Bednar earned his 26th save allowing an RBI single.
- The series continues on Sunday as Atlanta RHP Grant Holmes faces New York RHP Cam Schlittler, with the Braves aiming to recover after dropping their second consecutive game to the Yankees.
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Yankees youth powers offense, veterans carry pitching in 5-4 win over the Braves
Nearly 15 years separate Yankees shortstop George Lombard Jr. and starting pitcher Gerrit Cole. Ten years separate Cole and outfielder Spencer Jones. Cole is closer in age to some of the Yankees legends who were on hand for Old Timers’ Day on Saturday. Despite that, he and New York’s two rookies were the driving forces...
Yankees lineup does the job to support Gerrit Cole in second straight win over Braves
The Yankees’ lineup exploded — a term we do not use loosely, considering the past month-plus of ineptitude — for eight hits, a pair of home runs and just enough offense to come away with a 5-4 victory over Chris Sale and the Braves in front of 45,222 in The Bronx on Saturday afternoon.
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Gerrit Cole outduels Chris Sale as Yankees edge Braves again
Gerrit Cole pitched seven strong innings for the host New York Yankees, who hit a pair of homers and earned a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday afternoonAided by solo homers from George Lombard Jr. and Ben Rice, Cole (6-5) won a third consecutive start for the first time since returning from Tommy John surgery on May 22 as the Yankees won for the 16th time in 25 games.Cole allowed both runs in the fifth when he allowed four of his …
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