White Sox top Yankees behind strong outing from Clevinger
The Yankees have now lost seven out of their last 11 games.
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The Yankees have now lost seven out of their last 11 games.
The Mets got strong work from their shaky bullpen to take two of three games from the Cubs.
The playoff-contending Yankees came away with the win after losing three of four.
New York has lost seven of eight since trading Justin Verlander and other veterans at last week's deadline.
The New York Mets withstood a long rain delay and snapped a six-game losing streak Monday night with an 11-2 rout of the Chicago Cubs.
The Bombers left 13 on base, wasting a good effort from Gerrit Cole in a 5-1 loss on Monday.
Jake Meyers homered twice and drove in six as Houston escaped with a 9-7 win on Sunday.
Baltimore allowed just four hits and completed the sweep with a 2-0 win on Sunday.
The sinking Mets absorbed their fifth straight defeat. They fell 10 games under .500, matching a season worst.
Verlander lost a regular-season start to the Yankees for the first time since June 2015 with Detroit.
Including last year's sweep in the ALCS, the Astros are 10-3 against the Yankees since the start of last season.
Showalter received a video tribute and a standing ovation from the fans in Baltimore.
The Yankees are 57-52 and in last place in the AL East, 2 1/2 games behind the third wild card, the Blue Jays.
Carlos Carrasco allowed all six runs on eight hits and a walk over six innings in another poor start for the Mets.
Michael Massey hit a two-run double off rookie Kodai Senga in the first.
New York finished with 13 hits, the most since also getting 13 at Oakland on June 29.
Hours after the retooling Mets traded star pitcher Justin Verlander and two other players to cap a stunning deadline selloff, they blew a 6-4 lead provided by rookie Francisco Álvarez's two-run homer in the top of the 10th.
With Tuesday's 5-2 defeat, last-place New York dropped to 7-14 since July 4.
Multiple reports said the Astros were sending top outfield prospects Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford to New York.
Scratched from the start, Domingo Germán later threw five shutout innings in the 5-1 defeat Monday.
Right-hander gave up seven runs in the first, and the Bombers struck out 18 times in a 9-3 defeat Sunday.
The veteran right-hander allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings in New York's 5-2 victory on Sunday.
The deal that sent Scherzer to the AL West-leading Texas Rangers came in the first inning.
New York is still 3 1/2 games behind Toronto and Houston for the last two wild cards in the American League.
According to multiple reports, the deal nets New York one of the top Texas prospects in infielder Luisangel Acuña.
