Will Warren Surrendering Runs New York Struggling To Score Runs With Runners In Scoring Position Led To 3-1 Loss To St. Louis Wednesday Night In Bronx New York
Through four innings it was a pitchers duel between starting pitchers Will Warren, Andre Pallante of New York the the team that wears the pinstripes of St. Louis. Until it wasn’t until the top of 5th inning when Will Warren surrendered a double to JJ Weatherholt scoring Jimmy Crooks was designated hitter who is catcher Bryan Torres who is left fielder giving St. Louis 2-0 lead before Ivan Herrera who was catcher who is designated hitter hit a groundrule double scoring JJ Weatherholt giving St. Louis 2-0 3-0 leads. Leads St. Louis would never relinquish because as New York was 0-10 with runners in scoring position. Ryan McMahon who is third baseman was 0-2 Trent Grisham who is center fielder was 0-1. Ali Sanchez who took over for Austin Wells behind the plate was 0-1. Luis Garcia Jr. who is first baseman was 0-1. Jazz Chisholm Jr. who is second baseman was 0-1 Austin Wells who started the night behind the plate was 0-1 Spencer Jones who was right fielder taking the place of captain, right fielder Aaron Judge was 0-2 . Aaron Judge is currently on injured list with stress in right rib. Though, Aaron Judge got some positive news Wednesday as he has been cleared to begin light activity including indoor outdoor running upper body resistance training. George Lombard Jr. who made his MLB Debut Tuesday who is shortstop was 0-1.
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With losing two out of three games to St. Louis in Bronx New York New York the team that wears the pinstripes record 64-51 is now 4.5 games behind Tampa Bay who is leading the American League East.
Following Will Warren surrendering runs New York the team that wears the pinstripes struggling to score runs with runners in scoring position that led to 3-1 loss to St. Wednesday night in Bronx New York manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts on his team not scoring runs with runners scoring position by saying I thought Pallante was good, but we’ve got to come through in those situations,”. “I liked the opportunities tonight. We had a lot of chances; it felt like we had baserunners every inning, but we’ve got to be able to deliver. We haven’t done that enough.”
Though,
Manager Aaron Boone wasn’t the only to share his thoughts on 3-1 loss as Will Warren who surrendered runs to a double to JJ Weatherholt scoring Jimmy Crooks was designated hitter who is catcher Bryan Torres who is left fielder giving St. Louis 2-0 lead before Ivan Herrera who was catcher who is designated hitter hit a groundrule double scoring JJ Weatherholt giving St. Louis 2-0 3-0 leads did as well by saying Wetherholt is a good player,”Definitely, I think I probably threw one too many there, and he made a good swing on it. So I think going back, I probably would’ve just thrown something different.”I gave him a gift there, middle of the plate,”“I was trying to limit the damage there, and I did a poor job of it.”
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New York the team that wears the pinstripes has the day night off on Thursday before hosting Atlanta for three games where Max Fried is opposing his former team, Tyler Mahle!
Max Fried pitched 8 seasons for Atlanta as a starting pitcher!
In 2017 Max Fried had a record of 1-1 with an earn run average of 3.81 for Atlanta In 2018 Max Fried had a record of 1-4 with an earn run average 2.94. In 2019 for Atlanta Max Fried finished with record of 17-6 with an earn run average of 4.02. In 2020 for Atlanta in the cornoavirus pandemic shortened 60 game season Max Fried finished with record of 7-0 with an earn run average of 3.04. . In 2021 season for Atlanta Max Fried finished with record of 14-7 with an earn run average of 3.04. In 2022 season for Atlanta Max Fried finished with the same record 14-7 though had a different earn run average an earn run average of 2.48. In 2023 for Atlanta Max Fried finished with record of 8-1 with an earn run average of 2.55. In 2024 Max Fried finished with record of 11-10 with an earn run average of 3.25.
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As New York the team that wears the pinstripes are starting three game series Friday night in Bronx New York Max Fried is opposing his former team, Tyler Mahle who traded to Atlanta from San Francisco Sunday.
Where?
On the mound!
Max Fried, Tyler Mahle are different because Max Fried is a left handed pitcher while Tyler Mahle is left handed starting pitcher!
Max Fried comes into the game with Atlanta with record of 4-3 with an earn run 2.08 because on Saturday August 1, 2026 in New York’s 5-2 loss at Chicago (Cubs) Max Fried pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 2 hits, 1 earned 1 walk.
To who?
Pete -Crow Armstrong who scored on Max Fried’s wild pitch while striking out 7 Chicago (Cubs) batters.
Tyler Mahle comes into the game with New York the team that wears the pinstripes with record of 3-9 with an earn run average of 5.13 because on August 1, 2026 then a reliever for San Francisco at San Diego Tyler Mahle took no decision pitched 5.2 innings surrendering 5 hits, 5 earned runs , 2 walks Jackson Merril who doubled to left scoring Ty France , Manny Machado who is first baseman giving San Diego 2-0 lead before surrendering home run to Freddy Fermin who is catcher 383 feet scoring Luis Renginfo giving up lead to San Diego 4-3 in bottom of 4th inning before Freddy Fermin contributed offensively again this time singling to left scoring Xander Bogarerts who is shorstop in bottom of 6th inning letting San Diego extend let at the time 5-3 while walking 2 batters striking out 9 San Diego batters.
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Before being traded to Atlanta for minor league reliever Anthony Molina on Sunday 24 hours before MLB trade deadline.
Though, could mother nature prevent New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Atlanta from starting three game series from Max Fried opposing former team, Tyler Mahle?
There is a possibility of that happening because at first pitch it’s intermittent clouds with 49 % chance of rain before intermittent clouds continue chances of rain decrease to 34% at 8:00pm 9:00pm before chances of rain increase to 37 % when the game is supposed to be over.
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First pitch is set for 7:05pm Eastern Time from Yankee Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on Yes, Braves Vision!
On Yes Network Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neill, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits or Justin Shackil are going to be commentating! Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network’s CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2025 season will be his 34th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 24 on YES.
Kay was a part of YES’ Yankees team that won a 2024 New York Emmy Award for its season-long coverage, a 2023 Emmy Award for its pre-game shows and a 2022 Emmy Award for Single Game Coverage.
Kay’s Centerstage show won a 2020 New York Emmy for best Interview/Discussion show. He also won a 2015 New York Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In total, Kay has earned 19 Emmy wins while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.
From February 2014 to December 2024, Kay co-hosted The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays from 3 to 6:30 pm ET on ESPN Radio in New York, which was simulcast live on YES. On January 6, 2025, Kay began solo hosting his new eponymous show on the same station from 1-3 pm ET weekdays.
During the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons, Kay co-hosted, with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, special “KayRod Casts,” alternate broadcasts on ESPN2 that aired alongside ESPN’s traditional Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts.
In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.
Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike “Doc” Emrick.
He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February 2018. Kay was awarded the Italian American Baseball Federation Media Award in December 2022. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx with an honorary street sign erected on the Grand Concourse in his name. In December 2023, Kay was honored as a National Honoree by the Stamford (Ct.) Old Timers Athletic Association.
Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively. He also did play-by-play on the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He also was a frequent contributor to ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show.
Before joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.
Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage – Series.” In 1996 and 1997, he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program” for Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and “The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.” He was also part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.
In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as a Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season, which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.
Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.
In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG’s SportsNight.
In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.
Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees’ four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.
Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to assist baseball community members. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.
Kay is active with the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi’s Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.
Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.
Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts, holds down various roles within the network’s Yankees coverage. He backs up YES’ play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES’ Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES’ Brooklyn Nets telecasts.
Ruocco has won six Emmy Awards while at YES. He was a part of the YES team which won a 2024 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Season category and was a member of the YES team which won a 2022 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Game category. Ruocco also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for his work at the network.
In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball package and is the lead play-by-play announcer for the WNBA on ESPN. Ruocco is also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In the Clutch.
He also handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, college football and college basketball play- by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show.
Ruocco also co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.
Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.
Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.
David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since. Cone has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.
Since 2022, Cone has been a game analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts in addition to his YES duties. In 2019, he collaborated on a book with YES colleague Jack Curry called Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was a New York Times best-seller.
Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year Major League career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 postseason record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.
The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next five and a half seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.
After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. His finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in Major League history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen’s World Series gem in 1956 was the first.
While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.
Paul O’Neill is in his 24th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He has earned five New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.
O’Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.
The Yankees honored him on August 21, 2022, by permanently retiring his No. 21 during “Paul O’Neill Day” at Yankee Stadium.
O’Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with Cincinnati, O’Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995, until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O’Neill became the oldest Major Leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.
He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O’Neill was named “Father of the Year” by The National Father’s Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.
Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.
In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.
From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.
In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.
A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.
He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.
He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.
Emmy Award-winning Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network’s New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. She also periodically hosts the network’s Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows.
Justin Shackil begins his sixth season covering the Yankees for YES Network, serving in a variety of roles, including clubhouse reporting and studio hosting. In addition to his baseball duties at YES Network, Shackil has called play-by-play for Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and college basketball broadcasts.
On radio, Shackil worked on the WFAN Yankees Radio Network for three seasons as a fill-in play-by-play announcer and postgame host. Shackil has also worked for the New York Yankees since 2015, hosting the team’s in-stadium pre-game shows and working with its in-house production team. In addition, he has co-hosted the Toeing The Slab pitching podcast with David Cone and YES researcher James Smyth. Shackil currently serves as a host and blow-by-blow announcer for Matchroom Boxing on DAZN.
His additional work credits include hosting for NBA Entertainment, SiriusXM Sports, Westwood One and radio play-by-play for the Double-A baseball teams: Mobile BayBears, Tennessee Smokies and Trenton Thunder. Shackil graduated from Fordham University in 2009.
According to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters
On BravesVision Jeff Francour , Brandon Gaudin , CJ Nitkowski are commentating!
The 2026 season marks Francoeur's 9th season in the broadcast booth. He served as a guest analyst for select Braves games in both the radio and television booths during the 2018 season.
A 12-year MLB veteran, Francoeur spent six seasons (2005-09, 2016) with the Atlanta Braves. Francoeur also played for the New York Mets (2009-10), Texas Rangers (2010), Kansas City Royals (2011-13), San Francisco Giants (2013), San Diego Padres (2014), Philadelphia Phillies (2015) and the Miami Marlins (2016).
In 2018, Francoeur also served as a game analyst for FOX Sports South’s coverage of the ACC Baseball Championship.
Francoeur, an outfielder, won a National League Gold Glove in 2007.
Francoeur was drafted by the Braves in the first round (23rd pick) of the 2002 MLB Draft.
Francoeur has served as a national analyst for TBS since 2019, calling regular season and postseason games on the network.
Francoeur graduated from Parkview High School in Lilburn, GA, in 2002.
A native of Atlanta, Francoeur and his wife, Catie have four children - Emma Cate, Brayden, Eleanor and Camden. They reside in Suwanee, Georgia.
Brandon Gaudin is set to serve his 4th season as Atlanta's lead play-by-play announcer in 2026.
Gaudin has worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for FOX Sports and the Big Ten Network since 2016, calling MLB, NFL and college football and basketball games.
His voice is also well known in the gaming world. He has been the play-by-play voice on the Madden NFL franchise each year since Madden NFL 17 launched in 2016.
Previously, Gaudin was the Voice of the Yellow Jackets, calling football, men’s basketball, and baseball at Georgia Tech from 2013-16. He has remained an Atlanta resident ever since.
Gaudin is a graduate of Butler University, where he was named “Most Outstanding Communications Student” and one of the “Top 10 Male students” in his graduating class of 2006. After college, he began his professional career calling Minor League Baseball games for the Orem Owlz in the Los Angeles Angels organization.
Gaudin grew up a die-hard Braves fan in Evansville, Indiana. The first professional sporting event he attended was Game 5 of the 1991 World Series where the Braves defeated the Minnesota Twins 14-5. He returned to Atlanta for World Series trips in 1992 and 1995. He watched the Braves religiously on TBS and would play make-believe games every day after school in the foyer of his childhood home. He pretended to be then-Braves-voice Skip Caray as he announced the action while “playing” as the Braves. He credits the Braves with fostering his love for baseball and sports broadcasting, a profession he proclaimed he wanted to pursue from age 7 onward.
Gaudin’s unique career path has been lined with jobs of destiny, in a way. In 2008 he got to return to his hometown of Evansville to be the “Voice of the Evansville Purple Aces” for 3 seasons. Following that, he was hired by his alma mater, Butler, to be their play-by-play voice from 2010-13 (and was on the call for their magical run to the Final Four in 2011). And now, 10 years later, he gets to fulfill his childhood dream of being the TV voice of the Atlanta Braves.
Gaudin’s resume also includes over eight years calling NFL and NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament games for Westwood One Radio (2015-present).
C.J. Nitkowski will be in his 3rd season in the Braves broadcast booth where he will serve as the lead analyst this year.
A former MLB pitcher, Nitkowski was an analyst for Texas Rangers telecasts on Bally Sports Southwest from 2017-23 where he was nominated for 11 Lone Star Emmy Awards, winning six times.
Nitkowski also has national TV experience, working as an analyst in the booth for FOX and FS1 from 2014-19 and in a studio role for FOX and FS1's highlight, pre, and postgame shows.
During his 10-year MLB playing career, Nitkowski pitched for eight different teams, including 22 games with the Braves during the 2004 season.His MLB career lasted from 1995-2005 and included 336 games pitched for Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, New York (NL), Texas, Atlanta, New York (AL) and Washington.
Nitkowski also spent four additional seasons pitching in Japan and Korea before beginning his broadcasting career in 2013.
A native of Suffern, N.Y., Nitkowski has lived in Alpharetta for 19 years with his wife, Megan. The couple has three children, Matthew, Brooke and Luke.
According to https://www.mlb.com/braves/team/broadcasters