ATL 4, NYY 5 | Aug 8, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, August 8, 2026•Yankee Stadium•89°F, Partly Cloudy

ATL

Braves

NYY

Yankees

Final

WIN

Gerrit Cole

LOSS

Chris Sale

SAVE

David Bednar

The Yankees edged the Braves 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

⚾Gerrit Cole7.0 IP, 2 ER, 9 K

Key Moment

Bot 7: George Lombard Jr. homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 89°F, Partly CloudyWind: 9 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 7:05 PM UTCT: 2:49Att: 45,222Venue: Yankee Stadium

Ump Audit

Dan Merzel

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92.2%B

12 missed calls

+17.3% NYY

+0.80 runs NYY

Win Probability

NYY WinATL Win

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

Game 823514 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Atlanta Braves

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Drake BaldwinC	5	0	1	0	0	1	.272/.360/.455	104.9	.467	.437
Ronald Acuña Jr.DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	.247/.358/.444	109	.417	.661
Matt Olson1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.267/.344/.548	102.8	.055	.102
Michael Harris IICF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.291/.320/.495	101.5	.384	.356
Ozzie Albies2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.259/.311/.434	95	.341	.323
Mauricio DubónLF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.268/.316/.404	105.9	.679	.658
Mike YastrzemskiRF	3	2	1	1	1	1	.229/.313/.382	96.1	.492	.500
Austin Riley3B	4	0	1	0	0	3	.222/.297/.368	101.5	.963	.936
Lane ThomasPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228/.322/.388	-	-	-
Bench
Jim JarvisSS	3	0	1	1	0	2	.242/.289/.352	102.9	.717	.666
Dominic SmithPH	1	0	1	1	0	0	.270/.325/.402
Totals	36	4	9	4	1	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Jr. (8th off Headrick, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Dubón; Albies; Yastrzemski

TB:15

RBI:Jarvis; Smith; Jr.; Yastrzemski

Team LOB:6

New York Yankees

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Paul Goldschmidt1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	.247/.308/.450	103.8	.369

Pitching

Atlanta Braves

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris SaleL	6.0	5	3	3	2	8	0	103-64	89	2.20
Victor Mederos	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	30-16	93.9	3.63
Danny Young	1.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	28-16	87.1	6.35
Totals	8.0	8	5	5	4	13	2	161-96	-	-

HBP:Wells (by Mederos)

Pitches-strikes:Sale 103-64; Mederos 30-16; Young 28-16

Groundouts-flyouts:Sale 6-2; Mederos 0-1; Young 0-0

New York Yankees

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Gerrit ColeW	7.0	6	2	2	0	9	0	82-60	92.3	3.35

Game Notes

📺

T2Replay review: Mike Yastrzemski challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Mike Yastrzemski called out on strikes.

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B5Replay review: George Lombard Jr. challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: George Lombard Jr. walks.

Bot 2 • NYY

0-1

Spencer Jones singles on a ground ball to center fielder Michael Harris II. Trent Grisham scores.

EV: 89.0 mph116 ftLA: 8°

Top 5 • ATL

2-1

Jim Jarvis singles on a line drive to right fielder Spencer Jones. Mike Yastrzemski scores. Austin Riley to 2nd.

EV: 102.9 mph199 ftLA: 8°

1-1

Mike Yastrzemski doubles (14) on a line drive to left fielder Heliot Ramos. Mauricio Dubón scores.

EV: 96.1 mph335 ftLA: 23°

Bot 5 • NYY

2-2

Spencer Jones triples (1) on a line drive to center fielder Michael Harris II. George Lombard Jr. scores.

EV: 111.1 mph324 ftLA: 19°

2-3

Austin Wells doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Mauricio Dubón.

EV: 94.1 mph277 ftLA: 19°

Bot 7 • NYY

2-4

George Lombard Jr. homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 98.4 mph💣 352 ftLA: 29°

Top 8 • ATL

3-4

Ronald Acuña Jr. homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 109.0 mph💣 383 ftLA: 23°

Bot 8 • NYY

3-5

Ben Rice homers (32) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 105.2 mph💣 431 ftLA: 35°

Top 9 • ATL

4-5

Dominic Smith singles on a ground ball to right fielder Spencer Jones. Mike Yastrzemski scores.

EV: 84.8 mph107 ftLA: 7°

Bench
Amed Rosario3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.231/.274/.434	97.9	.153	.138
Gerrit ColeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brent HeadrickP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Paul BlackburnP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
David BednarP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-