Yankees outlast Braves in extra innings with 10th-inning rally
NEW YORK (Interstat) — Matt Olson and Austin Riley homered, but the Atlanta Braves fell to the New York Yankees 3-2 in 10 innings Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, at Yankee Stadium II. The visiting Braves took a 2-0 lead on Riley’s eighth-inning homer and Olson’s ninth-inning blast. The Yankees answered in the bottom of the ninth as Austin Wells doubled in George Lombard Jr. and Ben Rice singled in Wells, tying the game at 2. Luis García Jr. scored the winning run in the 10th on Ryan McMahon’s sacrifice fly. Both teams finished with seven hits. Tyler Mahle struck out nine over six scoreless innings for Atlanta, and Max Fried allowed no earned runs in 6 1/3 innings for New York. David Bednar earned the win, while Tyler Kinley took the loss. Attendance was 42,297, and the game lasted 3:16. The Braves moved to 70-46, and the Yankees improved to 65-51.