Bryce Elder allowed solely one hit over seven scoreless innings and Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuna Jr. each homered to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 win over the visiting New York Yankees on Tuesday.
Atlanta has taken the primary two video games of the three-game set and has gained 5 of its final six video games. New York has misplaced 4 straight and 7 of its final 9.
Elder (9-4), going through the Yankees for the primary time in his profession, returned to kind by giving up the Yankees‘ solely hit of the evening, a pointy single to middle area by DJ LeMahieu in the second inning.
Elder walked three and struck out three and benefited from three double performs. It was a constructive signal for the right-hander, who had allowed 12 runs (10 earned) over 9 1/3 innings over his final two begins.
A.J. Minter pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Kirby Yates labored round a stroll, inducing Aaron Judge to roll right into a game-ending double play.
Ozuna blasted a three-run homer 442 ft to middle with two outs in the primary inning, his twenty fourth, and completed 2-for-2 with two walks. Ozuna prolonged his season-long hitting streak to 13 video games and wishes one house run to develop into the group’s fifth participant with 25 homers.
Ozuna’s house run gave the Braves a league-leading 120 runs in the primary inning this 12 months.
Acuna added a 420-foot, two-run homer to middle in the fourth inning, his twenty seventh and first since Aug. 8. He went 2-for-5 and scored two runs.
The dropping pitcher was Luis Severino (2-8), who labored 4 innings and allowed all 5 runs (three earned) on 5 hits, two walks and 5 strikeouts. He additionally was charged with an error whereas attempting to choose off Acuna in the primary inning. He has misplaced 4 in a row and dropped to 0-6 on the street this season.
The New York bullpen didn’t enable one other run, with Wandy Peralta, Jonathan Loaisiga, Tommy Kahnle and Clay Holmes every working a scoreless body.
—Field Level Media
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