Sean Newcomb gave up almost as many runs in less than three innings as he did in May, and Atlanta couldn’t overcome his worst start of the year, falling 8-5 to the Yankees.

          His shortest stint of the year came on a night when the Braves hoped to give the bullpen a little rest. He went 2.2 innings with four earned runs, two strikeouts, five walks and two homers.

         Luke Jackson followed and went three innings and x Phillips 2.1.

        The Braves cut the deficit in half in the fifth with a two-run homer from Endar Inciarte followed by a solo shot from Ozzie Albies. They got to within 6-5 in the seventh, but the Yankees clinched it with two in the eighth.

 

Monday was a good night

Will Tuesday be a good one?

 

Next 5

Wednesday, 1:05 p.m., at NY Yankees, FSSE

Thursday, 8:10 p.m., at Milwaukee, FSSE

Friday, 8:10 p.m., at Milwaukee, FSSO

Saturday, 4:10 p.m., at Milwaukee, FS1

Next home game: Tuesday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Toronto, FSSE

 

 

From beat writers David O'Brien and Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mark Bowman/MLB.com on Twitter (and others when notable)

 

Braves catcher Kurt Suzuki might have a hard time making the All-Star team with Buster Posey leading the balloting and J.T. Realmuto putting up big numbers, but he's deserving of a spot. He's slashing .290/.353/.487 after another productive game vs. the #Yankees last night./Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

 

The Braves are 3.5 games ahead of the Phillies and seven games in front of the Nationals, who are a NL-worst 5-15 since entering June 10 with a half-game lead over Atlanta./MB

 

Snitker said #Braves wouldn't use Vizcaino like they did once before he went on DL, when he pitched in 4 of 6 games. Will be more cautious now. And with Minter and Winkler as closer options, shouldn't be too hard to follow that plan./DOB

 

Yankees are 20-6 vs. lefty starters entering tonight's matchup with #Braves emerging-ace lefty Newcomb/DOB

 

Newcomb

vs. BOS 3 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K

vs. LAD 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

vs. NYY 2.2 IP, 3 H 5 ER, 5 BB, 2 K

He has a 2.40 ERA over his other 14 starts this season/MB

 

Another opposite-field shot to the short right-field porch that's caught at warning track at SunTrust. Hey, they know how to play in their park. Why it's called home-field advantage./DOB

 

Snit says they haven't decided whether they'll need to add a reliever before tomorrow afternoon's game. But with Phillips, Jackson and possibly Biddle unavailable for tomorrow, there's reason to anticipate a move./MB