Yankees get 3-2 walk-off win over Braves in 10 innings on Ryan McMahon sacrifice fly
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Key Points:
- The New York Yankees secured a 3-2 walk-off win against the Atlanta Braves on Friday night, with Ryan McMahon delivering the game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning.
- This victory kept the Yankees half a game ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East standings and maintained their lead for the top wild-card playoff spot.
- The game was scoreless until the eighth inning when Braves' Austin Riley and Matt Olson hit back-to-back home runs off Yankees relievers, giving Atlanta a 2-0 lead.
- The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning against Braves closer Raisel Iglesias, with key hits from Austin Wells and Ben Rice tying the game at 2-2 and setting up the walk-off win.
- Both starting pitchers, Tyler Mahle for the Braves and Max Fried for the Yankees, pitched strong games with Mahle allowing three hits over six innings and Fried allowing three hits over 6 1/3 innings.
