Stanton knocks in three as Yanks keep rolling and beat Braves, 5-1
- 3 years ago
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 first-place 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.
It marked the first matchup between two teams this hot since 7 September, 1901, when the Pittsburgh Pirates took a 10-game winning streak into their contest against the Philadelphia Phillies, who had won nine in a row.
The Phillies won 4-1 for their 10th straight victory, but Pittsburgh went on to capture the NL pennant. The first World Series would not be held for two more years
The Yankees snapped first-place 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.
It marked the first matchup between two teams this hot since 7 September, 1901, when the Pittsburgh Pirates took a 10-game winning streak into their contest against the Philadelphia Phillies, who had won nine in a row.
The Phillies won 4-1 for their 10th straight victory, but Pittsburgh went on to capture the NL pennant. The first World Series would not be held for two more years