Trent Grisham’s third career grand slam in the ninth inning propelled the visiting New York Yankees to a 12-9 come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday to square their three-game series.
Grisham hit a slider from Raisel Iglesias (4-6) into the right field seats to help New York take its first lead and end its three-game losing streak. It was Grisham’s 17th homer, tying his career best.
Luke Weaver (2-3) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings and earned the win.
Anthony Volpe sparked the New York offense with a pair of home runs, his 11th and 12th, and a sacrifice fly.
Volpe’s first homer was a two-run shot in the fifth off Wander Suero that put New York on the scoreboard after the Braves scored the game’s first five runs. The second was a solo homer off Dylan Lee that tied the game 8-8 in the eighth. It was Volpe’s first multi-home run game of the season.
The Braves built a 5-0 lead thanks in part to a 438-foot solo homer by Michael Harris II, his seventh of the season and first since June 13, and a three-run homer by Ozzie Albies, his ninth. Albies added a two-run single in the fifth to give Atlanta a 7-2 lead.
New York rallied against the Atlanta bullpen, scoring four times against Enyel De Los Santos in the sixth to pull within 7-6. Jazz Chisholm Jr. drove in the first run with a single and Aaron Judge scored on an error. Volpe followed with a deep sacrifice fly and Chisholm scored on an infield grounder.
Atlanta extended the lead to 8-6 on Matt Olson’s RBI single in the sixth, but New York got it back on Cody Bellinger’s solo homer, his 17th, in the seventh.
Atlanta’s Joey Wentz made his first start of the season and threw four scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and one walk with two strikeouts. Wentz, signed after being released by Minnesota, has not allowed a run in seven innings since joining the Braves.
New York starter Will Warren was knocked out after allowing five runs on five hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings of work. He struck out five.
–Field Level Media
