Yankees hit 3 HRs, hold off Braves 5-4 for 11th straight win

ATLANTA (AP) — Wandy Peralta retired Freddie Freeman with the bases loaded for the final out, and the New York Yankees held off the Atlanta Braves 5-4 in a thriller Tuesday night to extend their longest winning streak in 36 years to 11 games.

DJ LeMahieu's two-run homer in the fifth inning gave New York the lead. Giancarlo Stanton and Rougned Odor also went deep for the Yankees.

New York closer Aroldis Chapman, trying to preserve a 5-3 lead, gave up two hits and two walks in the ninth. Chapman's bases-loaded walk to Jorge Soler cut the margin to one, and manager Aaron Boone pulled Chapman for Peralta.

He fell behind 3-1 in the count before throwing five straight changeups to Freeman, last year's NL MVP. The slugger fouled off four in a row, then hit a game-ending flyout to deep left field.

Peralta earned his third save for the Yankees and the fifth of his career. The other two came earlier this season with San Francisco.

The Yankees remained four games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East.

The 11-game winning streak is New York's longest since Aug. 31 to Sept. 10, 1985.

Chapman gave up a one-out single to Adam Duvall before striking out Guillermo Heredia. Chapman walked Ehire Adrianza before Ozzie Albies beat out a grounder to third base for an infield hit, loading the bases. The left-hander walked Jorge Soler on a full-count pitch to force in a run.

LeMahieu broke a 2-all tie by pulling Charlie Morton's curveball into the Yankees' bullpen behind the left-field wall. The homer drove in Andrew Velazquez, who singled.

With New York leading 4-2, Austin Riley's single up the middle off Joely Rodriguez in the fifth drove in Albies, but a close play at the plate denied the Braves' attempt to tie the game. Freeman was thrown out on Velazquez's relay from shortstop, a...

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