In a rain-delayed game that ended after midnight, the New York Yankees rallied with two outs in the ninth inning and beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in 10 innings on Friday night. Ben Rice tied the game with a single off the right-field fence, and Ryan McMahon delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th.
New York improved to 2-8 in extra-inning games, snapping the Braves' eight-game winning streak. Yankees left-hander Max Fried pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings in his first start against his former team, while Tyler Mahle matched him with six shutout innings in his Atlanta debut.
Austin Riley homered in the eighth and Matt Olson went deep in the ninth to give the Braves a 2-0 lead. With the Yankees down to their final out, Austin Wells doubled home a run off All-Star closer Raisel Iglesias. Amed Rosario walked before Rice singled on a 1-0 changeup.
Heliot Ramos was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Dylan Dodd retired Luis García Jr. on a groundout to send the game to extra innings. New York's rally began when rookie George Lombard Jr. reached on an infield single with one out and advanced to third on Iglesias' throwing error.
David Bednar (5-3) pitched a scoreless 10th, helped by Lombard's off-balance throw from shortstop on Sean Murphy's grounder and García's over-the-shoulder catch at first base on Ronald Acuña Jr.'s popup to end the inning. In the bottom half, rookie Spencer Jones was intentionally walked, and Lombard walked from Tyler Kinley (6-5) to load the bases. García, the automatic runner, scored easily on McMahon's sacrifice fly to deep right field.
The start was delayed by heavy rain and thunderstorms for 1 hour, 55 minutes. It was the eighth time in 10 games a Yankees starter allowed no more than one run. Fried spent his first eight major league seasons with the Braves before signing a $218 million, eight-year contract with New York in December 2024.
Up next, Atlanta left-hander Chris Sale (12-6, 2.08 ERA) pitches Saturday for the first time since July 29, facing New York right-hander Gerrit Cole (5-5, 3.42) on Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium.