Donaldson, Kiner-Falefa lead Yankees over A's
New York reached the first half at 45-36, down from 58-23 last year.
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New York reached the first half at 45-36, down from 58-23 last year.
New York Yankees' Domingo German pitched a perfect game last night, for only the 24th time in MLB history. CBS New York's Elijah Westbrook has a look at some others from Yankees history and what all those pitchers had in common.
The $355 million Mets are 36-44 and have lost 17 of 23.
Cohen said manager Buck Showalter and GM Billy Eppler are safe through the end of the season.
Cohen said on Twitter reporters and fans "will get it from me straight."
The slumping Donaldson connected in the fifth in his first action since Friday, but that was it for New York.
The Amazins won for the third time in 10 games and for just the sixth time in 22 games, 7-2 on Tuesday.
Justin Verlander gave up five hits and struck out five in five scoreless innings in the 2-1 defeat.
Even by the Mets' sometimes-feeble standards throughout their history, that was an amazin' meltdown.
The Yankees are 12-16 with Judge on the injured list and 31-19 with the AL MVP available.
Billy McKinney hit his fourth homer since he was brought up two weeks ago to replace Judge.
Scherzer hasn't lost a start since May 8.
New York dropped to 10-16 this season with Aaron Judge on the injured list.
The Mets have lost three in a row and 14 of 18 to fall farther back in the playoff race.
The New York Mets will play the Philadelphia Phillies in a two-game series in London next year as MLB takes another rivalry abroad.
The suddenly inept right-hander gave up four homers in the Bombers' 10-2 loss on Thursday.
Jake Bauers, Billy McKinney and Anthony Volpe went deep in the Bombers' 4-2 win on Wednesday.
New York starter Tylor Megill got just one out in the third before being yanked in Wednesday's 10-8 loss.
The Amazins finally broke through late but it wasn't enough in a 4-2 loss on Tuesday.
Anthony Rizzo provided three hits for the Bombers in their 3-1 win on Tuesday.
New York won for only the fourth time in 15 games overall.
It's the first time the Red Sox have swept the Yankees in a doubleheader since 2006.
The Mets are 3-11 since sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series from May 30 through June 1.
The fourth-place Mets (33-37) have dropped 10 of 13.
The game was called about two hours prior to the scheduled first pitch.
