Associated Press
Yankees Lose to Rays, 6-3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nick Franklin hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL wild-card leading New York Yankees 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Hobbled Alex Rodriguez and Greg Bird homered for the Yankees, who remain three games behind AL East-leading Toronto, which lost 3-2 at Atlanta...
U.S. Open: Serena, Djokovic Head to Semis
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams is within two match victories of completing a calendar slam.
Williams maintained that goal by defeating her sister in the U.S. Open women's quarterfinals, a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 triumph over Venus Williams. Serena fired 12 aces and broke serve three times in earning the right to take on Roberta Vinci in the semifinals on Thursday...
Yankees Slug Way Past BoSox
BOSTON (AP) — Greg Bird, John Ryan Murphy and Carlos Beltran homered during an eight-run second inning Wednesday and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 13-8.
Stephen Drew doubled during New York's big inning and added a three-run homer in the third...
Tejada, Mets Beat Phillies
NEW YORK (AP) — Ruben Tejada hit an inside-the-park homer and drove in four runs to back Matt Harvey as the New York Mets returned to their winning ways against the Philadelphia Phillies with a 9-4 victory Wednesday night.
Yoenis Cespedes and rookie Michael Conforto had conventional home runs for the NL East leaders, who won for the 14th time in 16 games against the last-place Phillies this season
Yankees Squander Game vs. BoSox
BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz hit his 495th home run and Jackie Bradley Jr. had three hits and threw out a runner at the plate to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night.
Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox...
Japan Wins LLWS Championship
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The international team from Japan has won the Little League World Championship. In the title game Tokyo defeated Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, 18-11.
Tokyo won the Little League World Series by pounding out 22 hits and overcoming an eight-run first-inning deficit...
Mets Ride Colon, Hot Hitting to Another Win
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bartolo Colon tossed five-hit ball and struck out eight in seven sharp innings, Michael Cuddyer hit a long homer and the NL East-leading New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-4 on Wednesday night.
Colon (11-11) bounced back from a rough outing in Colorado, helping the Mets improve to 18-6 since July 31...
Astros Rout Yankees, 15-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Gomez and Evan Gattis both homered and drove in four runs, sending Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros to a 15-1 blowout of the New York Yankees that briefly got testy Tuesday night.
Keuchel (15-6) held New York scoreless for the second time this season and became the first 15-game winner in the American League...
Yanks Walk-Off Houston in Opener
NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Beltran hit a game-ending sacrifice fly after Oliver Perez walked the bases loaded, and the New York Yankees beat the Houston Astros 1-0 Monday night in a game highlighted by a tense duel between Nathan Eovaldi and Scott Feldman...
Yanks Fall to Indians, 3-2
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Tomlin had his second impressive start since returning from shoulder surgery, Cody Allen worked out of his own jam in the ninth inning Thursday night and the Cleveland Indians held on for a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees...
Yanks Now 1.0 Up in East With Win
NEW YORK (AP) — Chase Headley hit a bases-loaded grounder in the 10th inning that Minnesota's five-man infield bobbled and the New York Yankees, after losing starting pitcher Bryan Mitchell to a line drive to the face, beat the Twins 8-7 Monday night...
Jason’s Day
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Jason Day held at least a share of the 54-hole lead in each of the last three majors. This time, he closed the deal.
Day has won the PGA Championship with a record-setting performance that left him three shots ahead of reigning Masters and U...