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New York Yankees Record: 95-50 Last Week: 2 James Paxton delivered 6 2/3 scoreless innings as the Yankees shut out the Red Sox for a 5-0 win on Monday night at Fenway Park, officially bouncing Boston from the American League East title race in the process. The Yankees won 14 of their 19 games this year versus their arch rival, which is the most wins the Yankees have tallied in a single season against the Red Sox since 1960. The Yankees are up nine games in the AL East on the second-place Rays -- Boston sits in third --- and their magic number to clinch the division is down to nine. Continue to Article

September 10, 2019 10:52:am EST

Houston battered Oakland pitching for 11 runs on 12 hits -- six of them home runs -- in the first two innings as the Astros hammered the visiting Athletics 15-0 to set a franchise record for home wins on Monday night. Robinson Chirinos went 3-for-4, crushed a pair of home runs and drove in a career-high-tying six runs to help the Astros match their club record with seven homers in a game. Yordan Alvarez belted a pair of solo homers, and Alex Bregman clouted a three-run homer as Houston won for the fifth in a row and for the 17th time in the past 21 games. Continue to Article

September 10, 2019 2:11:am EST

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Josh Donaldson homered to lift the visiting Atlanta Braves past the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 in the opener of a four-game series on Monday. Acuna also walked twice and scored three runs while Dansby Swanson had a hit, a run and two walks for Atlanta. Freddie Freeman ripped three hits and Ozzie Albies had two hits for the Braves, who have won 10 of 11. Continue to Article

September 09, 2019 10:22:pm EST

Max Scherzer pitched six strong innings and Yan Gomes hit a pair of home runs to help the visiting Washington Nationals end their four-game losing streak with a 9-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. Scherzer (10-5) allowed only one run on two hits, two walks and struck out nine to help the Nationals salvage one game out of the important four-game series with the National League East-leading Braves. It helped the Nationals avoid their first four-game sweep to Atlanta. Continue to Article

September 08, 2019 4:57:pm EST

Josh Donaldson and the Atlanta Braves have won nine in a row, their best string since 2014. Donaldson hit his 36th home run in a 5-4 win over Washington on Saturday night. The Nationals have lost four in a row and lead the NL wild-card race by two games over the Cubs. Continue to Article

September 08, 2019 12:04:am EST