Yankees win in dramatic fashion over the Braves 3-2

The New York Yankees waited until the final possible moment to awaken their offense Friday night. Once they did, they turned a looming shutout into a dramatic 3–2, 10-inning victory over the Atlanta Braves at Yankee Stadium.

Ryan McMahon delivered the winning run, lifting a sacrifice fly to right field in the bottom of the 10th that brought automatic runner Luis García Jr. home. The walk-off completed a late comeback and improved New York’s record to 65–51.

For most of the evening, the game belonged to the starting pitchers.

Yankees left-hander Max Fried was excellent against his former club, limiting Atlanta to three hits across 6⅓ scoreless innings. He walked two and struck out seven while throwing 90 pitches. Braves starter Tyler Mahle was equally sharp, holding New York to three hits and striking out nine over six shutout innings.

Atlanta finally broke through after Fried departed. Austin Riley opened the scoring with a solo home run in the eighth, and Matt Olson added another solo shot in the ninth to give the Braves a 2–0 advantage. Those were Atlanta’s only runs despite collecting seven hits.

Facing closer Raisel Iglesias in the bottom of the ninth, the Yankees mounted the kind of rally their quiet offense had shown few signs of producing earlier. George Lombard Jr. singled and advanced to third on an error before Austin Wells drove him home with a double to deep right field. Ben Rice then lined a two-out single into right, scoring Wells and tying the game.

The comeback also erased what had been a frustrating night at the plate. New York struck out 15 times, went just 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13 runners. Yet when the Yankees finally found their timely hits, they made them count.

David Bednar kept the game level with a perfect top of the 10th. García began the bottom half at second under the automatic-runner rule, advanced to third and scored when McMahon sent a fly ball deep enough to right field.

McMahon finished with two hits and the game-winning RBI, while Wells and Rice drove in the ninth-inning runs. Bednar earned the victory after retiring all three batters he faced; Tyler Kinley took the loss for Atlanta.

It was not a polished offensive performance, but it was a resilient one. On a night when Fried’s strong outing appeared destined to go unrewarded, the Yankees produced three runs in their final two turns at bat and opened the series with a memorable comeback victory.