Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. ATLANTA Baseball has a way of surprising its spectators on any given night. This was not one of them. Because of , the Yankees began the second half Friday night by throwing a bullpen game, featuring a bullpen that was overworked and exposed heading into the break. And it went just about how you might expect. Ian Hamilton got things off to a rocky start and it did not get much better from there with Jorbit Vivas committing a baserunning blunder that sank a shot at a rally before things got out of hand on the way to a dud of a 7-3 lo s to the Braves at Truist Park. Ian Hamilton of the New York Yankees pitches in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on July 18, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Getty Images Should have showed up for the team today a little bit better, said Hamilton, who could have been speaking for a number of teammates, after putting the Yankees in a 3-0 hole in the first inning. [My stuff] was hittable. I wasnt getting the ball past people. Should have made some better pitches. Didnt give my team the best start. Explore More The final tally was four relievers combining to throw eight innings, a far-from-ideal way to start the second half of the season. The Yankees (53-44) have dropped three straight games after winning five straight after losing six straight, all of which has them trailing the Blue Jays by three games for the division. New York Yankees Jorbit Vivas was caught tagging up in the Yankees lo s on Friday night. AP The Yankees could have opted to bring up a starter to give some length ( la Allan Winans or Carlos Carrasco) instead of going with a straight bullpen game. But doing so would have meant having to place Schlittler or Fried on the injured list (when the Yankees believe they can start against the Blue Jays on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively), optioning Hamilton or Scott Effro s to Triple-A or designating Rico Garcia for a signment before he threw a pitch for them. (As it was, Garcia was designated for a signment by the end of the night anyway, The Posts Joel Sherman reported, after giving up three runs on 53 pitches in 2 / innings.) We could have [called up a starter], but we felt like all things considered, this was the best way to go, manager Aaron Boone said before the game. Two batters into the bottom of Tim Wakefield Jersey the first, the Braves (43-53) led 1-0. One batter later, it was 2-0 and by the end of the frame 3-0. Jurickson Profar led off with a single against Hamilton before Matt Olson and Ronald Acua Jr. roped back-to-back doubles. Acua later came in to score on Ozzie Albies sacrifice fly. Ronald Acua Jr. of the Atlanta Braves reacts after hitting a RBI double in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Truist Park on July 18, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Getty Images The Yankees were shut down early by Spencer Strider, but they began to threaten in the top of the third when Vivas and Trent Grisham drew consecutive walks with one out. Cody Bellinger then hit a high fly ball to right field that Acua eventually camped underneath and caught nonchalantly as Vivas tried tagging up to third. But Acua unleashed a cannon and Vivas slowed down before getting to third despite third-base coach Luis Rojas waving for him to slide and he was tagged out standing up by third baseman Nacho Alvarez Jr., who did not act as if the throw was coming until the last second. Got deked, Boone said. Cant happen. CHECK OUT THE AND Instead of having Aaron Judge bat as the tying run, the inning was over as a fundamental miscue haunted the Yankees once again. Thats my mistake, Vivas said through an interpreter. Acua has a really good arm. Especially in that situation there its something I cant let happen again. Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies (1) reacts after hitting a three run home run against the New York Yankees during the third inning at Truist Park. Dale Zanine-Imagn Images The Braves then piled on in the bottom of the inning, as Albies crushed a three-run homer off Garcia, the righty the Yankees claimed off waivers from the Mets on Monday. After the Braves made it a 7-0 game with a run off Effro s in the bottom of the fourth, the Yankees finally broke the shutout in the top of the seventh. Pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton delivered a two-run double and Bellinger added an RBI single that made it 7-3. But Judge extinguished the rally when he struck out against lefty Dylan Lee with runners on the corners. New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) reacts after striking out against the Atlanta Braves during the first inning at Truist Park. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Intermittent, some quality at-bats, but [Strider] also had the swing-and-mi s going, Boone said. And then were kind of chasing and in a little bit of a hole and then couldnt ultimately get that big one to get us back into it. Phillips Valdez Jersey
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