Who’s Subsequent? Aaron Choose Hits 351st HR, Ties A-Rod On Yankees’ Checklist

Aaron Choose hit his thirty sixth dwelling run of the season and tied Alex Rodriguez for sixth place in Yankees historical past as New York defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-2 Sunday.

Choose’s solo homer within the first inning was his 351st with the Yankees, matching A-Rod and behind Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra.

Choose additionally scored from first on Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s double within the seventh and completed 1 for 4 with a stroll and two runs scored.

Marcus Strohman (2-1) labored six sturdy innings in his fourth begin since getting back from a knee harm. He gave up one run on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and no walks in his longest outing of the season.

Paul Goldschmidt was 1 for 3 with a stroll, an RBI and a run scored, and Giancarlo Stanton was 3 for five with a run scored.

Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a solo dwelling run, his thirteenth, within the ninth off Devin Williams, who earned his 14th save for the Yankees.

Matt Olson hit a 442-foot homer, his 18th, that hit the highest of the Chop Home in proper area within the sixth inning for the Braves’ different run.

Atlanta’s Grant Holmes (4-9) gave up three runs on seven hits in six innings.

Trailing 2-0 within the third, the Braves put the primary two runners on with the highest of the order arising. Jurickson Profar popped a bunt as much as third baseman Jorbit Vivas, and Olson hit right into a double play to finish the menace.

The win saved the Yankees inside three video games of the Toronto Blue Jays within the American League East forward of a three-game collection in Toronto beginning Monday.

Reporting by The Related Press. 

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