Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in three runs to carry the New York Yankees to their 10th straight victory, cooling off the streaking Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Monday night.br br br br The Yankees snapped first-place Atlanta's own nine-game winning streak in the first regular-season matchup in almost 120 years between teams that had won at least nine in a row.br br br br Stanton homered in the second inning off Huascar Ynoa (4-3) and snapped a 1-all tie in the sixth with a two-out, two-run double.br br br br It marked the first matchup between two teams this hot since 7 September, 1901, when the Pittsburgh Pirates took a 10-game winning streak into their contest against the Philadelphia Phillies, who had won nine in a row.br br br br The Phillies won 4-1 for their 10th straight victory, but Pittsburgh went on to capture the NL pennant.