Something volition have to give when the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves square off Monday.

The Yankees and Braves are the showtime MLB teams in 120 years to face up off with active nine-game winning streaks, according to STATS and YES Network researcher James Smyth.

Thank you @StatsBySTATS for the full list of 3 MLB games with both teams on winning streaks of nine+ games

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STL Maroons (12) at WAS Nationals (11) (12-1 STL)

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Pirates (10) at Phillies (9) (4-1 PHI)

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Yankees (ix) at Braves (9)

— James Smyth (@JamesSmyth621) August 23, 2021

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies were the last teams with active win streaks of nine or more than to meet when they did and so on September 7, 1901. The Phillies snapped Pittsburgh's 10-game win streak by winning their 10th in a row 4-1 backside Al Orth's complete game. Pittsburgh got the last express mirth, winning the National League pennant that flavor.

The Braves and Yankees were both playoff teams the past three seasons but were struggling to reach preseason expectations this year. Both teams were in third place in their respective divisions on August 1 but both have exploded during the so-called dog days of the schedule.

The Yankees started 5-10 and were just 41-41 after a ten-v loss to the crosstown-rival Mets on July 4. Just New York has taken off since, winning 31 of its concluding 42 and 21 of 26 since July 25.

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The New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves volition carry 9-game winning streaks into their game Mon nighttime, the kickoff fourth dimension that has happened in MLB in 120 years. New York Yankees outset baseman Luke Voit, left, celebrates with teammate Aaron Approximate after their ninth straight win Sat against the Minnesota Twins. Jim McIsaac/Getty Images

"It's certainly been a good stretch," Yankees ace starter Gerrit Cole told MLB.com on Saturday after their 7-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. "It's catapulted usa into the 2d half. Even in our darkest moments, we thought nosotros were meliorate than what our record was."

Simply nil has come like shooting fish in a barrel for the Yankees, fifty-fifty during this hot streak. They've endured 4 self-described "gut-punch losses," according to manager Aaron Boone, in that 7-week span, including two during a road series against the Boston Red Sox last month.

The Yankees have only outscored their opponents 212-144 in those 42 games ⁠— an boilerplate score of 5-3. They take also been decimated by injuries and COVID-nineteen.

Cole, who missed two weeks with COVID, dubbed the team'south outbreak "the Yankees variant." Since the All-Star pause, starters Cole and Jordan Montgomery, relievers Jonathan Loaisiga and Wandy Peralta, right fielder Aaron Judge, catchers Gary Sanchez and Kyle Higashioka, third baseman Gio Urshela and get-go baseman Anthony Rizzo all tested positive for COVID-19 despite the fact most of the team was vaccinated in the leap.

The Braves started August two games nether .500 and also accept been rolling in spite of injuries to star players. All-Star outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. hasn't played since July x and will miss the residuum of the season with a torn ACL. Defending National League home run champion Marcell Ozuna hasn't played since May 25, when he broke 2 fingers, and is currently nether investigation by Major League Baseball for a pending domestic attack charge against his wife.

Just the Braves are xvi-three in August, more often than not due to its infrequent pitching and power-driven offense. Atlanta has hitting the third-about homers in baseball, led by reigning NL nearly valuable player and electric current MVP candidate Freddie Freeman's 27. Atlanta has allowed simply 67 runs in 19 August games (3.5 per game) and outscored its opposition 58-25 over its nine-game win streak.

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Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, pictured celebrating Atlanta's ninth straight win Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, will again be a serious candidate for the National League almost valuable thespian award. He won the MVP in 2020. Mitchell Layton/Getty Images

Atlanta also added outfielders Jorge Soler, from Kansas City, and Adam Duvall, from the Miami Marlins, at the trade deadline, and each has contributed by swatting 5 domicile runs since coming to the Braves.

"Those borderline players have really helped," Braves manager Brian Snitker told MLB.com. "Those guys have all made a big impact in what we've washed. They've made our club better, deeper. With all the injury losses and everything -- large guys that nosotros've had go down -- getting those guys has made a huge difference in our team."

Their contempo hot streaks have made the Braves and Yankees likely postseason participants for the fourth directly season. Atlanta, which has won the NL East in each of the by three seasons, leads the 2nd-place Philadelphia Phillies past 5 games entering play Monday.

The Yankees are sitting in the first American League wild-card spot, two-and-a-half games ahead of the Red Sox and Oakland Athletics. New York trails the start-place Tampa Bay Rays by iv-and-a-half games.