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If you're looking for the stat to define the Phillies' season, it's this one leading into Thursday's series finale against the Braves. This is how the Phils have played over the last month. Last 2 games: 1-1 Last 4 games: 2-2 Last 6 games: 3-3 Last 10 games: 5-5 Last 12 games: 6-6 Last 14 games: 7-7 Last 16 games: 8-8 Last 18 games: 9-9 Last 20 games: 10-10 Last 22 games: 11-11 Last 24 games: 12-12 The essence of mediocrity. Continue to Article

September 12, 2019 5:49:pm EST

The top 25 highest-paid athletes in Atlanta are worth a combined $354.7 million in cash earnings for 2019, according to Spotrac.com, a sports database that tracks the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, EPL and MLS. Total compensation consists of all forms of monetary payments to each player, including base salary and incentives (signing bonuses are also included but sometimes are deferred to later years depending on the contract). Click through the slideshow above to see the top 25 highest-paid Atlanta athletes. Continue to Article

September 12, 2019 2:44:pm EST

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