Carl Yastrzemski's grandson, Braves' Mike Yastrzemski, walks off Red Sox

"Mike Yastrzemski walked off Boston with a base hit in the 10th inning to win 3-2 Friday. Yastrzemski's game-winning knock marked his seventh career walk-off hit. The Andover-born Yastrzemski had gotten off to a sluggish start to the season, so securing the victory in extra innings was huge for him."

""It's just gratifying," Yastrzemski told Braves sideline reporter Paul Byrd on the field postgame. "The hard work will eventually pay off. You just gotta keep fighting through it, trust the process, trust the hitting coaches, trust yourself most importantly. And eventually it'll come through.""

"Starting pitcher Connelly Early allowed two solo home runs, one in the first inning to catcher Drake Baldwin and another to center fielder Michael Harris in the fourth, which gave Atlanta an early 2-0 lead. Early offered yet another solid outing, tossing five innings with five hits allowed on 86 pitches (61 strikes). He struck out six batters and didn't give up a walk."

"After walking off the mound and into the dugout after the fifth inning, Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy appeared to tell Early that his day was done. Early shook his head repeatedly as Tracy seemed to tell him that he wasn't going back out for the sixth. Early said he simply wanted to continue pitching and help the team win as he had settled into the game by that point, but understood why Tracy made the decision."

Boston fell to 18-26 after another narrow loss despite repeated opportunities created by the pitching staff. Mike Yastrzemski, the Braves’ right fielder and Carl Yastrzemski’s grandson, hit a walk-off base hit in the 10th inning to win 3-2. The game-winning hit was his seventh career walk-off. Yastrzemski had started the season slowly, making the extra-inning victory significant. Atlanta took an early 2-0 lead when Connelly Early allowed two solo home runs, one in the first inning and another in the fourth. Early pitched five innings, allowing five hits, striking out six, and issuing no walks, before being pulled after the fifth.

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