▶Giancarlo Stanton homers and drives in three runs to help N.Y. extend win streak to 10.
He homers, drives in 3 as N.Y. ends Atlanta’s nine-game win streak
Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in three runs to carry the New York Yankees to their 10th straight victory, cooling off the streaking Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Monday night.
The Yankees snapped firstplace Atlanta’s own nine-game winning streak in the first regular-season matchup in almost 120 years between teams that had won at least nine in a row.
Stanton homered in the second inning off Huascar Ynoa (4-3) and snapped a 1-all tie in the sixth with a two-out, two-run double.
Gary Sanchez gave New York some insurance with another two-out hit in the eighth, singling through the shift to bring home two more runs.
Jordan Montgomery (5-5) worked around four walks in his five-inning stint, limiting the Braves to two hits — including a homer by Dansby Swanson.
The Yankees’ bullpen took it from there. Jonathan Loaisiga pitched two scoreless innings, striking out four. Wandy Peralta worked around a couple of hits in the eighth and Aroldis Chapman finished off Atlanta with a 1-2-3 ninth.
In the second, Stanton put the Yankees ahead with his 21st homer — going the opposite way with a 387-foot shot into the Chop House restaurant in right.
The Braves tied it in the bottom half with a long ball of their own. Swanson launched a 408-foot drive into the Atlanta bullpen for his 25th homer of the season.
New York went ahead for good in the sixth, taking advantage of Ynoa’s only spurt of wildness.
Stanton made the Atlanta pitcher pay, lining a one-hop double off the wall in left to bring home both runners.
Montgomery was backed up by a couple of stellar defensive plays, including a diving catch by Joey Gallo down the leftfield line to rob Guillermo Heredia of a hit in the second.