Albies hits 3-run homer, Acuña has defensive gem to lead the Braves past the Yankees

ATLANTA (AP) — Ozzie Albies hit a three-run homer, Ronald Acuña Jr. made a spectacular throw and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Yankees 7-3 on Friday night as both teams resumed action after the All-Star break.

Spencer Strider (4-7) threw six shutout innings, striking out eight and allowing three hits and three walks.

Albies was 1 for 3 with four RBIs and launched a 390-foot homer just in front of the Chop House in right to make it 6-0 in the third inning.

Acuña was 2 for 3 with a double, triple and runs scored, but his best play came when he threw out Jorbit Vivas for a double play in the third inning.

Vivas was trying to tag up from second base on a fly to deep in the corner in right, but Acuña's throw reached third on the fly to get a surprised Vivas, who slowed up as he approached the bag.

Ian Hamilton (1-1) took the loss after leading off a bullpen game for the Yankees by surrendering three runs in the first inning. Rico Garcia, making his debut with the Yankees, gave up Albies' three-run homer in the third.

New York star Aaron Judge was 1 for 4 with three strikeouts three days after playing in his seventh All-Star Game in the same park.

Giancarlo Stanton had a pinch-hit two-run double for the Yankees in the seventh inning.

Also Friday, Yankees right-hander Luis Gil made his second rehab start for Double-A Somerset, going 3 1/3 innings and allowing two hits and two runs. He’s recovering from a strained right lat from spring training.

The Yankees cut it to 7-3 in the seventh and had Judge up with men on first and third with two outs, but Dylan Lee struck out the slugger on a full count.

The six shutout innings for Strider marked the second time he accomplished that line this season, matching an outing on June 14 against Colorado.

Yankees RHP Will Warren (6-5, 4.63) was set to face recently acquired LHP Joey Wentz (2-1, 6.32) on Saturday night.

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Atlanta Braves' Drake Baldwin hits an RBI single in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Jurickson Profar, right, reacts after scoring a run in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Jurickson Profar, left, slides home ahead of a tag from New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge hits a single in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. runs to third base in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. reacts after throwing out a runner at third base in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Drake Baldwin hits an RBI single in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Jurickson Profar, right, reacts after scoring a run in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Jurickson Profar, left, slides home ahead of a tag from New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge hits a single in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. runs to third base in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)