Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Volpe hit solo homers for the Yankees, who wasted 2-0 and 3-2 leads in dropping a season-high 5 1/2 games behind AL East-leading Toronto. New York led by seven games in late May but has gone 21-27 since. The Yankees have made 14 errors in July while allowing 32 homers.

Heading into Friday night's showdown with the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper is on a historic roll unlike anything we've seen in the last 125 seasons. Per Sarah Langs of MLB.

Phillies slugger reaches a notable point in his MLB career in Friday's game vs. Yankees, and does so in fitting fashion

The sloppy Yanks committed two more errors, including one during the go-ahead rally by the Phillies, and the bullpen coughed up 10 runs over the final three innings.

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MLB insider Jonathan Mayo reveals which Phillies prospects he believes will remain with the organization or get dealt at the trade deadline.

Currently half a game behind the NL East-leading New York Mets, manager Rob Thomson and his crew are eyeing their fourth consecutive trip to the playoffs, and if the season ended today, they’d Wild Card their way into September and (hopefully for their sake) beyond.

Takeaways from Friday's series-opening game between the Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies, a 12-5 New York loss.