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The Mets drew first blood in round-two of the 2015 subway series, muscling through Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees with three home runs in a 5-1 decision at Citi Field on Friday night. The outcome pushed the Mets a step closer to a division title and Yankees one further.

The Yankees grabbed the rubber-match of the Subway Series Part 2 this weekend, and took the overall season series 4-2 with a decisive 11-2 drubbing of the slumping Mets on Sunday night.

Carlos Beltran cracked a first inning, three-run blast and Brian McCann added a two-run shot in the sixth as the Yankees shut out the Mets 5-0 in second game of their subway series.

The Yankees offense put up 20 runs on Sunday, including nine in the seventh inning, to complete a three-game sweep of the Braves with a 20-6 win in Atlanta.

It seemed that after regaining first place by taking two of three from the Blue Jays last weekend, then sweeping the Twins this week, the Yankees had righted-the-ship and were gaining steam toward September.

For the first time since July 1, the Yankees are not a first place team.

David Price struck out seven over seven brilliant innings and Justin Smoak smoked Ivan Nova for a sixth-inning grand slam as the Toronto Blue Jays won their seventh straight, making another statement with Saturday's 6-0 win in the Bronx.

Nathan Eovaldi shutdown the Twins and Chase Headley drove in three as the Yankees took the rubber match in Minnesota 8-2 on Sunday.

Denard Span beat out an infield single that scored the winning run in the top of the 11th inning as the Nationals ended the Yankees' win streak with a 5-4 victory in the Bronx on Wednesday.

Masahiro Tanaka threw seven strong innings and outlasted Max Scherzer to help the Yankees earn their seventh straight win, a 6-1 victory over the Nationals in the Bronx on Tuesday night.

Elsa, Getty ImagesYankees catcher Brian McCann will have an MRI on his right foot after leaving Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Mariners with continued soreness and pain.

Former New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada has shared his feelings about whether or not former team mate Alex Rodriguez should be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. His feelings, No.