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Left-hander Joey Wentz will make his first major league start since 2023 when he takes the mound for the Atlanta Braves on Saturday in the second game of his team's home series against the New York Yankees.

The Braves won the opener 7-3 on Friday and have won three of their last four while New York has lost three straight.

Wentz (2-1, 6.32 ERA) will face Yankees right-hander Will Warren (6-5, 4.63).

Wentz was added to the Atlanta roster prior to the All-Star Game after he was designated for assignment by Minnesota on July 10. The Braves signed Wentz, whom they drafted in 2016, with plans to stretch him out and possibly use him in their depleted rotation.

Wentz began the year with Pittsburgh and went 2-1 with a 4.15 ERA in 19 relief appearances. He was released by the Pirates and caught on with the Twins, where he posted a 15.75 ERA in six appearances.

In his Atlanta debut on Saturday, he pitched three scoreless innings of relief against St. Louis. He allowed only a two-out walk after retiring the first eight hitters he faced, six of them by strikeout.

'That was pretty good, wasn't it?' Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said afterward. 'I didn't know what to expect. He just got here and, wow, that was about as good as you can get. Took out a huge chunk of that game. He got us to the guys that we wanted to pitch at the back end of the game. It was a great job.'

Wentz has faced the Yankees six times in his career