ATLANTA — Manager Aaron Boone billed the Braves as a heavyweight and the class of the Major Leagues, and in New York’s 5-0 loss to Atlanta on Tuesday night at Truist Park, the Yankees were once again overwhelmed by baseball’s best.

Braves starter Bryce Elder held the Yankees’ offense in check, allowing only one hit (DJ LeMahieu’s one-out single in the second) and facing the minimum in six of his seven innings. It marked the fewest hits by the Yankees in a game this season as the team was shut out for the sixth time this year, with the last occurrence on July 28 vs. the Orioles.

Starter Luis Severino allowed a three-run home run to Marcell Ozuna on a first-pitch hanging slider in the first inning and faced trouble again when Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a four-seam fastball over the plate for a two-run homer in the fourth, though both runs on Acuña’s homer were unearned due to an error from third baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa.

The Yankees (60-60) have lost four straight and are at .500 for the first time since the club was 15-15 on May 1. The last time the Yanks finished a day with a .500 or worse record at least 120 games into a season was Sept. 7, 1995, when they were 61-61.