Yankees lineup does the job to support Gerrit Cole in second straight win over Braves

Nypost · Aug 08, 2026 · 742 words · By Mark W Sanchez

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A Saturday afternoon dedicated to nostalgia for the past might have transitioned into a display of hope for the present and future.

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A Saturday afternoon dedicated to nostalgia for the past might have transitioned into a display of hope for the present and future.

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The Old-Timers — including members of the 1996 World Series team celebrating the 30-year anniversary and plenty of representatives from the 2009 champions, the last link to Yankees greatness — put on a show for 45,222 in The Bronx who came to pay tribute to…

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Claim 1: “Brent Headrick (who let up a dinger to Ronald Acuña Jr. in the eighth) and David Bednar (one run on a hit and a walk in the ninth)”

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Claim 2: “Jones... cranked an RBI triple that split the outfielders in right-center to tie the game.”

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Claim 3: “the go-ahead run then coming on a balk from Sale, who was irate but less outraged than his manager, Walt Weiss, who was ejected from the game.”

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Claim 4: “Gerrit Cole (seven innings, two runs) continued what has been a remarkable run for Yankees starting pitchers, who sport a 1.67 ERA (64 ²/₃ innings, 12 earned runs) in their past 11 games.”

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While there are records of Gerrit Cole pitching 7 innings and allowing 2 runs in other games (e.g., 2021), there is no specific evidence provided that confirms this happened in the game described in the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit Alan Cole is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.Cole pitched. 6+1⁄3 innings being charged with two earned runs and got the win as the Pi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Cole

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit Cole allows only two runs and strikes out four batters over seven innings in his start against the Astros at Yankee Stadium. More From This Game.
https://www.mlb.com/yankees/video/gerrit-cole-k-s-4-over-7-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerrit Cole was the star of the game for the Yankees as he pitched seven shutout almost effortless innings that saw him strike out 13 batters, only allow four hits and not walk a single hitter.
https://medium.com/pinstripestateofmind/gerrit-cole-threw-a-…

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Claim 5: “The Old-Timers — including members of the 1996 World Series team celebrating the 30-year anniversary and plenty of representatives from the 2009 champions”

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Web search results explicitly confirm that the Yankees celebrated members of the 1996 and 2009 World Series championship teams during an Old-Timers' Day event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1995 New York Yankees season was the 93rd season for the Yankees, and their 71st playing home games at Yankee Stadium. Managed by Buck Showalter, the team finished with a record of 79–65, seven ga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2008 New York Yankees season was the 106th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees hosted the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday July 15, 2008. It was the 83rd and last…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Old-Timers' Day (or old-timers' game) refers to a tradition in Major League Baseball (MLB) where a team devotes the early afternoon preceding a weekend game to honor retired players who played for the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-Timers'_Day

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Claim 6: “George Lombard Jr. and Spencer Jones — who have played a combined 48 major league games — who carried a previously silent Yankees offense in a 5-4 victory over Chris Sale and the Braves.”

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One web search result mentions the Braves losing a tight game in New York and Chris Sale pitching, but the specific score of 5-4 and the role of Lombard/Jones are not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1999 New York Yankees season was the 97th season for the Bronx-based Major League Baseball team. The team finished with a record of 98–64 finishing 4 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Yankees season was the 123rd season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. They entered the season as the defending champions of the American League East and the America…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Yankees_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League (A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees

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Claim 7: “A Yankees team that has scored more than five runs just four times in its past 45 games”

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Claim 8: “Yankees starting pitchers, who sport a 1.67 ERA (64 ²/₃ innings, 12 earned runs) in their past 11 games.”

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No evidence was found for this specific ERA and inning statistic.

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Claim 9: “George Lombard Jr. and Spencer Jones — who have played a combined 48 major league games”

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Evidence confirms George Lombard Jr. and Spencer Jones are Yankees players, but there is no data provided regarding their combined total of major league games played.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Atlanta Braves are a National League ballclub (1966–present) previously located in Milwaukee 1953–1965 (Milwaukee Braves) and in Boston 1871–1952. The Boston teams are sometimes called Boston Red …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Braves_all-time_roster

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hollywood Without Make-Up is a 1963 American film produced by Ken Murray and directed by Rudy Behlmer, Loring d'Usseau and Ken Murray (uncredited). A sequel, Hollywood: My Home Town, was produced in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Without_Make-Up

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable people buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California. The cemetery was founded in 1906 and has been used for many funerals of film stars and other …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burials_at_Forest_Lawn…

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Claim 10: “put on a show for 45,222 in The Bronx”

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While evidence confirms the Yankees play in the Bronx, none of the provided sources mention a specific attendance figure of 45,222 for any particular game.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bronx Yankees were an American basketball team based in the Bronx in New York City, that was a member of the American Basketball League for a brief period. During the first half of the 1937–38 sea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_Yankees

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bronx Is Burning (stylized as The Bronx is Burning) is an American drama television series that debuted on ESPN on July 10, 2007, after the 2007 MLB Home Run Derby. It is an eight-episode mini-ser…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx_Is_Burning

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Claim 11: “the Braves tagged Cole for two runs in the top half of the inning to take a 2-1 edge”

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Claim 12: “Lombard, who is just the fifth Yankee in the past 46 years to record a hit in each of his first four games.”

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Claim 13: “The rest of the lineup went 4-for-24.”

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Claim 14: “Jones and Lombard finished a combined 4-for-6 with two walks, a homer, a triple, three runs scored and three RBIs.”

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No evidence was found to corroborate the specific box score stats for Jones and Lombard.

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Claim 15: “18 of their past 24 games get decided by one or two runs”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding ransomware negotiation services.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ransomware extortion negotiation service is designed to protect your organization from the crippling effects of a ransomware attack. At OneArrow, we combine years of cybersecurity experience with cutt…
https://onearrowconsulting.com/ransomware-negotiation/

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web search NEUTRAL — Retained Ransomware & Cyber Extortion Incident Response Coveware has raised the standard for ransomware best practices and handles thousands of cyber extortion cases each year. Coveware’s Incident Res…
https://coveware.com/products-services/retained-services/

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web search NEUTRAL — Ransomware Cyber Extortion Negotiations Ransomware Negotiation & payment services Our team of cyber extortion negotiations experts has handle over 200 ransomware cases this year, and over 250 cyber re…
https://cybersecop.com/ransomware-cyber-extortion-ransom-pay…

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Claim 16: “Jones, who had snapped an 0-for-19 skid with a first-inning RBI single against Sale.”

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Claim 17: “Lombard, just 21”

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Claim 18: “The Yankees (66-51)”

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A web search result from MARCA explicitly states the Yankees have a record of 66 wins and 51 losses.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Yankees season is the 124th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, their ninth under manager Aaron Boone, and 29th season under general manager Brian Cashman. They…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Yankees_season

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Claim 19: “Lombard visited the short porch in the seventh inning for his second career home run and Ben Rice added one of his own in the eighth, both solo shots”

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Claim 20: “moving 1 ¹/₂ games clear of the Red Sox for the top AL wild-card spot”

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One source mentions the Yankees are 1.5 games ahead of the Seattle Mariners for the second AL Wild Card spot, which contradicts the claim that they are 1.5 games ahead of the Red Sox for the top spot.

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web search NEUTRAL — Red Sox vs. Yankees AL Wild Card Game 3 Highlights (10/2/25) | MLB Highlights. New York Yankees. 258K views • 10 months ago.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAQ_4ELJodnKuNqviK86Dg

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web search NEUTRAL — The top 2 division winners in each league receive byes to the Division Series. The other 4 teams in each league (3rd division winner and 3 Wild Cards) play best-of-3 Wild Card Series; the higher seed …
https://www.mlb.com/standings/wild-card

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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Yankees are considering moving left-hander Ryan Yarbrough to the bullpen as they push toward the postseason.More importantly, they currently hold the second AL Wild Card spot, 1.5 games a…
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/yankees-discussing-potentia…

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