Yankees rally with 2 outs in 9th inning and beat Braves 3-2 in 10 after long rain delay
Ben Rice tied it with two outs in the ninth, and Ryan McMahon drove in the winner after a 1 hour, 55 minute rain delay.
- On Friday, the New York Yankees rallied past the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in a rain-delayed game, with Ben Rice delivering a tying single in the ninth inning and Ryan McMahon hitting a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th.
- Yankees left-hander Max Fried pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings in his first outing against his former team, while Atlanta's Tyler Mahle matched him with six shutout innings despite a 1 hour, 55 minute rain delay.
- Trailing late, Austin Wells doubled home a run to spark New York's ninth-inning surge, followed by Rice's tying single off closer Raisel Iglesias before McMahon's decisive fly ball in extra innings.
- New York improved to 2-8 in extra-inning games, halting an eight-game winning streak for the Braves after the Atlanta team had taken a 2-0 lead in the eighth and ninth innings.
- Saturday's marquee matchup features two Young Award winners: Atlanta LHP Chris Sale faces New York RHP Gerrit Cole on Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium in a high-stakes divisional contest.
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Yankees rally with 2 outs in 9th inning and beat Braves 3-2 in 10 after long rain delay
Ben Rice ripped a tying single off the right-field fence with two outs in the ninth inning and Ryan McMahon hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th as the New York Yankees rallied past the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in a rain-delayed game that ended after midnight.
Austin Wells was exactly who the Yankees needed in the ninth
Austin Wells follows through on his ninth-inning RBI double. Austin Wells did not need to make Friday night about himself. He just needed one good swing, and the Yankees badly needed somebody to break through. Down two runs with two outs in the ninth, Wells lined a double to right that scored George Lombard Jr. It cut Atlanta’s lead in half and gave the inning a pulse. Ben Rice tied the game one batter later, then Ryan McMahon ended it in the 10…
News to the Day and to the Hour Latest News today Ben Rice connected a single against the fence of the right garden with two outs in the ninth inning to tie the game and Ryan McMahon hit a sacrifice raise in the tenth to push on Friday the New York Yankees' victory race, 3-2 over the Atlanta Bravos. The match ended after midnight, after a long break in the rain. The Yankees' left-handed Max Fried threw 6 1/3 innings without allowing races in hi…
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