ATLANTA — Bryce Elder pitched seven innings to supremacy a one-hitter, and the Atlanta Braves blanked the reeling Fresh York Yankees, 5-0, on Tuesday night time.

The last-place Yankees, at 60-60, are actually .500 for the primary while since Would possibly 1 after they have been 15-15. They’ve by no means been beneath .500 this season.

However the numbers worsen for Fresh York. The Yankees, in reality, are at .500 this overdue within the season for the primary while since 1995.

“We’re not showing up,” Yankees slugger Aaron Pass judgement on mentioned. “That’s what it comes down to, we’re not showing up when we need to. Especially down the stretch right now, and we’ve gotten every opportunity to keep ourselves in the race. But we’re not capitalizing on what we need to.”

The Braves have outscored the Yankees 16-3 over the primary two video games of the line, and feature driven Fresh York’s unedited dropping streak to 4.

“We need to take some personal pride,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned.

Then an 11-3 romp within the line opener, the Braves wasted deny while leaping on Luis Severino (2-8), whose dismal season has been marred through atrocious numbers within the first inning. On Tuesday, he allowed 3 runs within the opening body.

“I was feeling really good today,” Severino mentioned. “I thought I was in command of all my pitches. Just a couple of mistakes.”

The Yankees dropped to 12-22 since July 4.

“I think the preparation is there, I think everyone is preparing the right way,” Pass judgement on mentioned. “It comes down to execution. Guys in between the lines just not executing: When you get a pitch, not being able to do something with it. When you get guys on base, we’re not moving them over, not driving them in. So, we have to keep preparing. We have to bring it.”

Boone concurred.

“It sucks,” he mentioned. “We’re just not playing well enough, and that starts with me and everyone on down: We just have to be better. It’s a broken record right now.”

If the Braves whole the sweep on Wednesday, Fresh York would shed beneath .500 no less than 120 video games right into a season for the primary while for the reason that Yankees have been 60-61 on Sept. 5, 1995, in keeping with the Elias Sports activities Bureau.

The Related Press contributed to this record.