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Mike Yastrzemski hits walk-off in extras as Braves continue to be MLB's best

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Eric Himmelheber

Published 1 month ago

The Atlanta Braves walked it off in the bottom of the 10th inning against the Boston Red Sox on Friday after Mike Yastrzemski hit a line drive to left-center field.

[p]Thanks to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yastrzemski-mike/nJtgDWFG/"]Yastrzemski[/a], the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atlanta-braves/0UPxbDYA/"]Braves[/a] improved to an MLB-best 31-14. They are the only team in the entire league with 30+ wins. The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tampa-bay-rays/GCHgI4hp/"]Tampa Bay Rays[/a] (29) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-cubs/j7ZnBQFi/"]Chicago Cubs[/a] (29) are the closest.[/p][embed guid="2fb4c630-99ad-45ac-9051-036528570e36" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmcz2cc6Xnk&pp=0gcJCQQLAYcqIYzv" social-type="youtube" /][p]Atlanta currently have the best run differential in all of baseball with a +92. The team in second? The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-yankees/SrC4LDIT/"]New York Yankees[/a] with a +72. Every other team is below a +70. [/p][p]Yastrzemski, 35, went 1-for-2 in the game after coming in as a pinch hitter for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/azocar-jose/nPjhjsel/"]Jose Azocar[/a], who also went 1-for-2. His walk-off hit brought his season batting average up to .221. He now has 11 RBI with one home run, nine walks, and 33 strikeouts in 42 games this year. [/p][p]This isn't the first for the Braves this season. Two weeks ago, power-hitter [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olson-matt/GvvV3tAQ/"]Matt Olson[/a] launched a walk-off home run. And a month ago, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smith-dominic/6eww7y5r/"]Dominic Smith[/a] sent over the fence a walk-off grand slam. [/p][embed guid="53540dd7-90eb-400b-bfe5-33819f68d703" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nKWpHFfKeI&pp=ygUPQnJhdmVzIHdhbGsgb2Zm" social-type="youtube" /][p]The Braves will continue their three-game series against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/boston-red-sox/zaXTinF3/"]Red Sox[/a] on Saturday, May 16th, with the final game scheduled the following day. [/p]

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