Lopez thrives in fill-in role as Fried, Braves roll past struggling Yankees
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves gave New York Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone “a little peek into where you’re trying to get to.”
That peek revealed a regarding hole between the Braves, who personal the majors’ finest document, and the last-place Yankees.
Max Fried allowed two runs in his first house begin in additional than three months, Nicky Lopez had three hits and three RBIs in a fill-in position, and the Braves beat the Yankees 11-3 on Monday evening.
“Right now, they’re the class of the league,” Boone stated of the Braves (76-42). “Clearly, that’s where you want to be.”
Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt (8-7), who gave up a career-high eight runs and 9 hits in 2 1/3 innings, stated the Braves had been the perfect group he has confronted.
“I faced the Rangers twice, Baltimore and Boston twice,” Schmidt stated, including that the Braves “were far above and beyond those teams.”
Eddie Rosario drove in 4 runs with three hits, together with a two-run homer, in Atlanta’s 15-hit assault.
New York has misplaced three straight. The Yankees (60-59), who haven’t missed the playoffs since 2016, fell 5 1/2 video games behind Toronto for the AL’s final wild-card spot.
“I feel like we are a competent team … but we also are on a time crunch a little bit, too,” Schmidt stated. “There is time to make these games up, but we’ve definitely got to kick it into gear.”
Following the sport, Braves supervisor Brian Snitker stated second baseman Ozzie Albies will likely be positioned on the 10-day injured record with a left hamstring pressure suffered in Sunday’s loss on the New York Mets. Lopez stuffed in as Albies missed a begin for the primary time this season.
Fried (4-1) gave up eight hits in six-plus innings in his first house begin since May 5. He returned from the 60-day injured record on Aug. 4 after lacking 70 video games with a left forearm pressure and allowed a mixed 4 runs in two highway begins.
Lopez has a mixed eight RBIs in his final two begins. He had a two-run single within the second off Schmidt earlier than driving in one other run with a single in Atlanta’s four-run third.
Lopez had 4 hits, together with a homer, and drove in 5 runs whereas additionally pitching a scoreless inning in aid in Atlanta’s 21-3 win on the Mets within the first sport of a doubleheader sweep on Saturday.
Lopez stuffed in for shortstop Orlando Arcia on Saturday and was wanted at second base Monday evening as Albies missed a begin for the primary time this season.
The Braves acquired Lopez from Kansas City for left-hander Taylor Hearn on July 30.
““I think he’s very happy,” Rosario, talking by a translator, stated of Lopez. ”When you get traded from a corporation to a contender, I feel it’s very thrilling for a participant.”
Austin Riley homered within the first inning, his twenty ninth.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa had three hits and drove in a run for New York. Anthony Volpe’s ninth-inning triple off Joe Jiménez drove in Billy McKinney, who walked as a pinch-hitter.
HOMECOMING SPOILED
Schmidt’s streak of 14 consecutive begins permitting three runs or fewer resulted in simply two innings in his first profession look towards the Braves. Schmidt, a local of Acworth, Georgia, about 20 miles from Truist Park, grew up cheering for the Braves.
“Regardless of the homecoming, I want to go out there and give my team a chance to win and I feel I did not do that,” Schmidt stated.
RILEY ON POWER SURGE
Riley’s homer was his seventh in his final 10 house video games. In 29 video games because the All-Star break, Riley leads the majors with 21 extra-base hits and is second with 13 homers.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees 1B DJ LeMahieu (proper calf tightness) prolonged his hitting streak to seven video games with a seventh-inning single in his return after lacking 5 straight video games.
UP NEXT
Boone stated struggling RHP Luis Severino (2-7, 8.06) will make a conventional begin, with out an opener, when he faces Braves RHP Bryce Elder (8-4, 3.64) on Tuesday evening. Severino adopted an opener in his final look, permitting 4 runs in two-plus innings and took the loss in Wednesday’s 9-2 loss on the Chicago White Sox.
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