Veteran Martin Perez outdueled Jacob Misiorowski to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Friday in the first game of a series matching division-leading clubs.

The Braves broke a three-game losing streak and ended a six-game home losing streak to Milwaukee. Milwaukee has lost two in a row.

Perez (6-3) pitched six innings and allowed one run on six hits and two walks, striking out five. Perez earned his first career win against the Brewers; he entered the game 0-3 with an 8.54 in five career appearances against Milwaukee.

Raisel Iglesias gave up a run in the ninth but still earned his 15th save. He has successfully converted 33 consecutive save opportunities, the longest active streak in the majors.

Misiorowski (8-3), coming off a complete-game shutout win on June 12 against Philadelphia, pitched six innings and allowed two runs on five hits and one walk. It was the first time the right-hander has allowed more than one run in a game since April 26 against Pittsburgh. He was 7-0 with a 0.17 ERA over his previous eight starts.

The Braves were trailing 1-0 when they rallied to score with a pair of runs in the sixth. Mauricio Dubon stroked a two-out bases-loaded single to left field that scored Jorge Mateo and Ozzie Albies.

Atlanta added an insurance run in the seventh inning when Mike Yastrzemski hit a solo homer into the right field stands off reliever Abner Uribe. It was Yastrzemski’s first home run since May 21 at Miami.

The Brewers scored a run in the third inning. With the bases loaded after an intentional walk to Jackson Chourio with two outs, Brice Turang slapped an infield single that allowed Blake Perkins to score.

Milwaukee stranded a runner at third in the seventh and left the bases loaded in the eighth before scoring a run in the ninth. Christian Yelich walked and Chourio doubled off Iglesias. Turang lined an RBI single to left field, but Eli White threw out Chourio at the plate — a play upheld by video review — and William Contreras struck out on three pitches to end the game.

–Field Level Media

Cam Schlittler recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts in six dominating innings for the New York Yankees, who earned a 5-0 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

The Yankees won for the 16th time in their past 22 games and improved to 10-5 since losing Aaron Judge to a fractured right rib thanks to Schlittler’s stellar performance.

Winless in his previous three starts, Schlittler (8-3) allowed four hits and walked none. He threw 66 of 96 pitches for strikes.

Schlittler became the first Yankee with 13 strikeouts since teammate Max Fried on Sept. 18, 2025 at Baltimore. Schlittler (25 years, 134 days) also became the youngest Yankee with at least 13 strikeouts since Al Downing fanned 13 as a 22-year-old on June 21, 1964 against the Chicago White Sox.

The right-hander eclipsed his previous regular-season career high of nine strikeouts. Schlittler also had a double-digit strikeout performance when he fanned 12 in eight innings in Game 3 of last year’s wild-card series against Boston.

Schlittler recorded multiple strikeouts in each of the first five innings. He reached double digits by fanning Eugenio Suarez to end the fourth and got his final strikeout by fanning JJ Bleday for the first out of the sixth.

Schlittler opened the game by hitting Blake Dunn with a pitch. Dunn was caught stealing second as Bleday struck out.

He stranded two in the second by fanning Tyler Stephenson and Matt McLain before stranding Dunn at second in the third. He recorded five strikeouts across the fourth and fifth frames before putting two on in the sixth.

Following a mound visit from pitching coach Matt Blake, Schlittler retired Spencer Steer on a groundout before exiting to a standing ovation.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice homered in the second inning off Cincinnati’s Rhett Lowder. Chisholm hit a solo drive into the second deck in right and Rice hit a 433-foot homer, his 21st, to center field for a 4-0 lead.

Anthony Volpe added an RBI single in the eighth.

Jake Bird, Brent Headrick and David Bednar pitched a scoreless inning apiece to complete New York’s eighth shutout.

In his third start following a shoulder injury, Lowder allowed four runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked three.

Cincinnati lost for the 11th time in 16 games without Elly De La Cruz (strained right hamstring), who started a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville Friday.

–Field Level Media

Marina Mabrey scored 21 of her career-best 37 points in the fourth quarter Friday night and the Toronto Tempo came back to defeat the Connecticut Sun 101-97 at Uncasville, Conn.

Mabrey, a former Sun, also made a career-best nine 3-pointers in 12 attempts, helping Toronto (8-8) snap a three-game losing streak. The Sun (2-15), who led by 16 points in the second quarter, have lost seven straight.

The Tempo also defeated the Sun on June 10 in overtime after trailing by 14.

Temi Fagbenle and Maria Conde contributed 19 points each for the injury-depleted Tempo. Isabelle Harrison added 15 points.

Kennedy Burke scored 18 points off the bench to lead the Sun.

Brittney Griner added 16 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. Leila Lacan also scored 16 points, Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 13 points and Diamond Miller scored 10.

The Sun led by 10 points entering the fourth quarter. Lacan scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to expand the lead to 15. Fagbenle scored five straight points to cut the margin to one with 4:17 to play. Mabrey’s layup put Toronto in front by one with 3:16 left and her 3-pointer with 1:03 remaining gave Toronto a four-point lead on the way to the win.

The Sun led 24-20 after the first quarter.

The lead reached eight points with 5:34 to play in the second quarter on Nelson-Ododa’s layup.

The Sun, who were dominating the paint, took a 16-point lead on Griner’s putback layup to finish a 14-0 run with 2:04 remaining in the first half. The Sun led 50-37 at halftime, fueled by a 28-10 advantage in points in the paint.

Toronto shot 36.1% (13-for-36) from the field in the first half, while Connecticut shot 55.9% (19-for-34).

Toronto reduced the lead to seven with 7:24 remaining in the third quarter on Julie Allemand’s layup. Toronto then cut the margin to six before Connecticut scored four consecutive points. The Suns led by 13 with 2:34 left after Burke scored a layup and added another following her quick steal on the inbound pass. Connecticut was ahead 74-64 after three quarters.

Toronto was without Brittney Sykes (left foot), Nyara Sabally (right hamstring) and Kiki Rice (left ankle).

–Field Level Media