Bryce Elder pitched seven innings to govern a one-hitter, and the Braves blanked the reeling New York Yankees, 5-0, on Tuesday night time in Atlanta.
The last-place Yankees, at 60-60, are actually .500 for the primary date since Would possibly 1 once they have been 15-15. They’ve by no means been underneath .500 this season.
However the numbers worsen for Pristine York. The Yankees, if truth be told, are at .500 this overdue within the season for the primary date since 1995.
“We’re not showing up,” Yankees slugger Aaron Judge mentioned. “That’s what it comes down to, we’re not showing up when we need to. Especially down the stretch right now, and we’ve gotten every opportunity to keep ourselves in the race. But we’re not capitalizing on what we need to.”
The Braves have outscored the Yankees 16-3 over the primary two video games of the sequence, and feature driven Pristine York’s fresh shedding streak to 4.
“We need to take some personal pride,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned.
Next an 11-3 romp within the sequence opener, the Braves wasted incorrect date leaping on Luis Severino (2-8), whose dismal season has been marred via atrocious numbers within the first inning. On Tuesday, he allowed 3 runs within the opening body.
“I was feeling really good today,” Severino mentioned. “I thought I was in command of all my pitches. Just a couple of mistakes.”
The Yankees dropped to 12-22 since July 4.
“I think the preparation is there, I think everyone is preparing the right way,” Pass judgement on mentioned. “It comes down to execution. Guys in between the lines just not executing: When you get a pitch, not being able to do something with it. When you get guys on base, we’re not moving them over, not driving them in. So, we have to keep preparing. We have to bring it.”
Boone concurred.
“It sucks,” he mentioned. “We’re just not playing well enough, and that starts with me and everyone on down: We just have to be better. It’s a broken record right now.”
If the Braves entire the sweep on Wednesday, Pristine York would leave underneath .500 a minimum of 120 video games right into a season for the primary date for the reason that Yankees have been 60-61 on Sept. 5, 1995, in keeping with the Elias Sports activities Bureau.
The Related Press contributed to this file.
