Slovene is youngest of riders to win five Tours de France and few would bet against him claiming sixth victory next year
The 2026 Tour de France served up an epic battle that lasted for day after day between two protagonists of the highest calibre with different skillsets, a tale of epic breakaways, intriguing team tactics and reversals of fortune, building to a spectacular climax on the race’s toughest stage. The contest for the green jersey of points winner between Mads Pedersen and Jasper Philipsen was a classic.
Those hoping for something similar in the race for the yellow jersey of overall winner were disappointed, and rapidly. Any suspense was eliminated with 42km of stage six remaining, high above the ski village of La Mongie, when Tadej Pogacar dislodged Jonas Vingegaard and the other putative race favourites on the Col du Tourmalet. It was a familiar stinging attack, and a familiar outcome, with the Slovene opening a lead that looked insurmountable, as indeed it was.
The Denver Nuggets made the right basketball decision, but now they face a steep tax bill and second-apron questions.
Denver has decided to match Oklahoma City's two-year, $11.8 million offer sheet to Spencer Jones, keeping him in a Nuggets uniform for next season, a story broken by ESPN’s Shams Charania.
From a basketball perspective, Denver made the no-brainer move, especially for a team with questions about depth. Jones is a 6'7" wing who is a strong on-ball defender, shot 39.6% from 3-point range, and started 37 games for Denver a season ago. Plus, he dropped 20 points on the Timberwolves in Game 5 of their playoff series, basically winning the Nuggets the game.
20 points on 78% shooting for Spencer Jones in Game 5 of the first round,
However, this was not a simple decision financially — just matching Jones' offer jumped the Nuggets' luxury tax bill from $36 million to $68 million, reports Bobby Marks of ESPN. That tax bill is going to climb to at least $112 million, and that's if Peyton Watson chooses to play for the $6.5 million qualifying offer. If he and the Nuggets agree to a new deal, the tax numbers only skyrocket from there.
Denver is now eight million above the second apron, according to Marks, and again that is without a new deal for Watson. Nuggets ownership and management have some tough calls to make about this roster and the tax.
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Turns out only one ex-Wildcat will get to be part of LeBron James’ latest NBA chapter.
Former Arizona wing Dalen Terry was waived by the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, two days after news broke the Sixers were signing James to a 2-year, $8 million contract.
The 24-year-old Terry appeared in 21 games for Philadelphia, technically his third team during the 2025-26 season after being traded from the Chicago Bulls to New Orleans in February and then waived by the Pelicans the next day. Philly signed Terry to a 2-way deal on Feb. 10, converting it standard deal on April 10 right before the regular season ended.
Terry averaged 4.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 11.7 minutes during 14 regular season games with the Sixers, then in the NBA Playoffs had 13 points in 39 minutes over seven games.
Had Philly held onto him Terry would have been one of two ex-UA players on the Sixers in 2026-27, as they signed Caleb Love to a 2-way deal in early July.
Originally drafted by the Bulls with the 18th overall pick in 2022, Terry played 3-plus seasons in Chicago and started seven games. He spent two years at the UA, starting 14 games as a freshman in Sean Miller’s final season and then all 37 games on Tommy Lloyd’s first Wildcat squad.
After years of fighting for a consistent NHL opportunity, Zac Jones finally delivered the type of season that made teams take notice — and earned himself a fresh chance with the Utah Mammoth.
The 25-year-old defenseman turned the 2025-26 season into a statement year, emerging as one of the most productive blue-liners in the American Hockey League and proving that his offensive upside was still very much intact. That performance ultimately led to Utah signing Jones to a two-year, two-way contract worth $875,000 annually at the NHL level.
Jones’ breakout campaign came with the Rochester Americans, where he became a driving force from the back end. In 60 games, he recorded 10 goals and 52 assists for 62 points, earning First Team AHL All-Star honors and representing the North Division at his first AHL All-Star Classic.
What stood out most was Jones’ ability to create offense. He led all AHL players in assists while also pacing the league in power-play assists with 36 and power-play points with 38. Among defensemen, he finished first in scoring and led all blueliners with 168 shots on goal, showcasing his willingness to attack and generate opportunities.
The season represented a major step forward for Jones, who had previously never reached those offensive heights at any level. His 10 goals were the most of his junior, collegiate, or professional career, while his 52 assists more than doubled his previous AHL single-season best of 26, set during the 2021-22 season.
Utah is also adding a player with valuable NHL experience. Jones spent parts of five seasons with the New York Rangers, appearing in 115 games and collecting four goals and 24 assists. He reached a career-high 46 NHL games in 2024-25, finishing seventh among Rangers defensemen in scoring with 11 points.
Before turning pro, Jones built a strong résumé at both the collegiate and international levels. He helped the University of Massachusetts win its first national championship in 2020-21, earning Second Team All-American honors while also being named to the Hockey East and NCAA All-Tournament Teams. He was also recognized as the USHL Rookie of the Year in 2018-19 after leading all league defensemen with 45 assists.
For the Mammoth, the signing represents a low-risk opportunity to add a skilled puck-moving defenseman who has already shown he can dominate at the AHL level. The next challenge for Jones will be turning that success into a permanent NHL role — something he has been chasing since the Rangers selected him 68th overall in 2019.
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The Utah Jazz announced they signed former UNC small forward, Harrison Ingram.
According to the Jazz, terms of the deal were not disclosed. From Utah Jazz PR:
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed forward Harrison Ingram. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
In their release, the Jazz note that Ingram is 6’5” and played two seasons for the “spent the past two seasons (2024-26) with the San Antonio Spurs, appearing in 12 NBA games while also appearing in 88 contests with the Austin Spurs, San Antonio’s G League affiliate.”
Ingram was also a decorated collegiate player with Stanford and UNC. As I mentioned, the terms of this deal were not disclosed, so that means my favorite thing happens … assssummmmptiionnnns.
My guess is this is some sort of contract for training camp and preseason. Just like NFL teams, sometimes you need players to play on your “practice squad.”
But maybe it’s something more? Could this be a reaction to Summer League, and is Ingram a player who might be an upgrade to someone like Cody Williams? Maybe. It was not the most inspiring Las Vegas Summer League for the Jazz, and maybe this is to give someone a look that they like. Either way, it’s good to see the Jazz active. Having won the lottery and drafted a potential superstar in Darryn Peterson, who will join a solid core foundation, means the Jazz should be as active as possible trying to find depth pieces for the future. Perhaps Ingram is one of those.
Asked Sunday about the Hall of Famer’s impact on the organization in his role as a special assistant, interim manager Andy Green pointed to Beltrán’s willingness to take on the least glamorous of assignments.
“I think the things you have to appreciate about elite performers are the things they do when the spotlight is not on them,” Green said before the Mets beat the Dodgers 8-3 at Citi Field. “It’s when he shows up in Daytona with our A-ball team and shares wisdom with our young hitters.”
Carlos Beltrán is pictured during his Hall of Fame induction ceremony July 26. Charles Wenzelberg
The former outfielder began as a Mets special assistant in 2023 — his return to the game after he stepped aside as the team’s manager (after only 77 days at the helm without managing a game) in the fallout over the Astros’ illegal sign-stealing scheme.
Beltrán is sometimes with the major league team as a sounding board for players, but hasn’t shied away from an equally important part of his job, according to Green.
Andy Green is pictured during the Mets’ July 10 game against the Red Sox. Charles Wenzelberg
“It’s because he wants to invest in the next generation of Mets,” Green said. “It’s one thing when you show up in the big league clubhouse and live the big league life. It’s another when you are willing to go down and talk to our minor league players and invest in them. That is where the respect really grows.”
Green indicated a next step hasn’t been decided upon for Clay Holmes, who threw a side session before the game.
Holmes pitched 2 ¹/₃ innings for Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday in his first minor league rehab start following a fractured right fibula.
Francisco Lindor delivered an RBI single in the first inning.
Over his past 10 games, Lindor owns a .282/.364/.513 slash line with two homers and seven RBIs.
The Mets snapped a six-game losing streak against the Dodgers that dated to June 5 of last year.
In the past two months, though, it’s the lefties that have done the killing against the Yankees utility player.
Still — in part because the Yankees are beat up and are now without three of their better hitters against lefties in Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton — Rosario hit third again Sunday night against Phillies southpaw Cristopher Sánchez in an 11-4 loss in the series finale at Citizens Bank Park.
“If you watch the at-bats, especially against lefties, I know the numbers haven’t been there, but he’s having the right at-bats, he’s just going through it a little bit,” manager Aaron Boone said.
Amed Rosario, pictured during a Yankees game July 17, has struggled against left-handed pitching recently. Getty Images
In 50 plate appearances against lefties through May 26, Rosario was hitting .273 with an .888 OPS.
But in 56 plate appearances against lefties since then, entering Sunday, he was batting just .135 with a .408 OPS.
That included being in a 1-for-17 slump entering Sunday’s game.
Rosario was 1-for-4 in the loss with a pair of strikeouts before being lifted for pinch hitter Ryan McMahon in the ninth.
Rosario has continued to be a staple in the top third of Yankees lineups against most lefties despite the lack of results, though they are not overflowing with options to replace him.
The 30-year-old did still have an average exit velocity of 90.3 mph and an 11.1 percent barrel rate, both of which ranked in the top half of the league and gave the Yankees some hope that he was capable of getting back on track.
“He’s on stuff and is presenting like a guy that’s going to impact against lefties,” Boone said. “He’s just, on a smaller level, hasn’t gotten results. But doesn’t change my confidence that he will moving forward.”
Judge and Stanton are expected to travel to Chicago with the Yankees this week for their series against the White Sox and Cubs.
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“We’ll have some of our trainer guys that go on the road, we’ll be able to do that,” Boone said.
Cross Shea Langeliers off the list of potential catchers the Yankees could acquire at the trade deadline.
Langeliers, under contract through 2028, was going to be tough to land, but now his injury has essentially ruled out any trade involving him.
Clarke Schmidt (Tommy John surgery) faced hitters for the second time Sunday at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, continuing his ramp-up toward a rehab assignment. … Max Fried will start Monday’s series opener against the White Sox, giving Gerrit Cole an extra day of rest before starting Tuesday after both had thrown in Wednesday’s doubleheader.
Scott Laughton did not start the 2025-26 season with the Los Angeles Kings; rather, he was with the Toronto Maple Leafs and played the majority of his games there last season. Then, on March 6th, on trade deadline day, the Kings traded for Laughton in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in the 2026 NHL draft. Before being traded to the Kings, Laughton had registered 8 goals, 4 assists for 12 points in 43 games.
Scott Laughton's Kings Season
After the trade deadline, Scott Laughton, in the regular season, would play in 21 games for the Kings, registering 5 goals and 3 assists for 8 points. While the biggest move for the Kings was getting Panarin, Scott Laughton improved the Kings' depth and penalty kill. The Kings organization highly valued Laughton, and one of their primary goals was to ensure he could stay in Los Angeles. Laughton would sign a 3-year, $3.5 million AAV contract with the Kings.
So while the Kings were able to keep a player they valued, it also helped their center depth, which is one of the weakest points on their entire roster, especially after the retirement of Anze Kopitar. Scott Laughton's defensive ability helps the Kings both at even strength and on the penalty kill, as they trust that he can be a strong defender against some of the best offensive players in the NHL.
Overall, the Laughton trade was a positive for the Kings, as they did not have to give up much to acquire him, but his extension with Los Angeles allows them to continue focusing on adding more centermen to the roster. While Laughton is likely not going to play top-line minutes, he still shows his leadership and strong play with depth, and if the Kings can add more to the center depth, Laughton's value could get even higher for the Kings if he continues to play his strong game.
The Yankees' offense struggled again during their loss to the Phillies.
PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Judge was back in the visiting dugout at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday night and had a front-row seat to an 11-4 loss to the Phillies.
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If the Yankees end up getting Judge back and make a run in the postseason, Sunday night’s lineup might be amusing to some.
If they don’t, it could be looked at as a low point for a team that sure seems in need of some reinforcements before the Aug. 3 trade deadline, which is a week from Monday.
By then, we’ll have a better idea of what the Yankees will look like down the stretch, but until Judge and — maybe — Giancarlo Stanton get back from the IL, it’s hard to expect anything from this lineup.
Aaron Judge is pictured during the Yankees’ July 22 game. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post
“That’s above my pay grade,” Judge said when asked what he thought of where the team’s needs were as the deadline approaches. “We’ve got a good team where we’re at. That’s our job as players, to give the front office the ability to get the final pieces. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens.”
At this point, though, the current version of the Yankees can be a tough watch.
Look at the middle of Sunday night’s depleted lineup:
Amed Rosario, a key part of the Yankees’ strong second half last season, entered Sunday in a 1-for-18 rut with 11 strikeouts in that span.
And yet, he was forced to hit third against Philadelphia lefty Cristopher Sánchez.
Then there was Jasson Domínguez, now further entrenched as the regular right fielder with both Judge and Bellinger sidelined.
Domínguez hit cleanup and was followed by Anthony Volpe.
Volpe delivered a pair of doubles, but they were his first extra-base hits in a month and he made an ugly throwing error to open the bottom of the sixth that set up Philadelphia’s five-run inning that iced the game.
George Lombard Jr. seems closer to the majors every day.
Anthony Volpe reacts after striking out during the Yankees’ July 26 loss. AP Photo
He’s 12-for-26 with four extra-base hits in eight games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre since returning from an IL stint due to sprained fingers, although he made a throwing error Sunday.
And Max Schuemann, out of place in left field, dove for a ball far out of his reach on Alec Bohm’s three-run double in the third.
Ben Rice reacts after lining out during the Yankees’ July 26 loss. Getty Images
José Caballero went hitless again in the ugly loss.
Asked before the game if he believed the Yankees needed another bat by the deadline, Aaron Boone said, “We’ll see. I know we want to try to improve our club. I know the front office is grinding away at that. I know we’re gonna try … You never know what’s gonna be out there.”
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As The Post has reported, they are in the market for a righty-hitting outfielder and catcher, as well as help in the bullpen.
Despite their issues, the Yankees head to Chicago to play the White Sox for four games and then the Cubs for three, firmly in postseason contention.
But it won’t be easy without Judge and Co.
“Keep moving forward,’’ Judge said of the team’s mentality. “We’ve got a lot of depth with guys in the minor leagues that are ready to go.”
7/26/26 – Andruw Jones, speaking during the 2026 Baseball Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, where along with Carlos Beltrán and Jeff Kent, they were inducted into of the 2026 National...
COOPERSTOWN — Maybe the Yankees, who still can tell you what he did in Game 1 of the 1996 World Series, and the Mets can blame one of their own for Andruw Jones.
One of the first names Jones mentioned during his Hall of Fame induction was Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens, a Yankees utility player from 1989-93 and assistant hitting coach in 2022, plus a Mets bench coach in 2020.
Jones, the first Hall of Famer from Curaçao, wanted to thank Meulens, who was the first native of Curaçao to play in Major League Baseball.
Andruw Jones speaks during his Hall of Fame induction ceremony July 26. Charles Wenzelberg
“ ‘Bam Bam’ opened the door for many others to chase their dream of being a professional,” Jones said during a speech finally given after nine years on the ballot. “When I made it in Atlanta, I knew I could inspire a lot of people from Curaçao to reach the major leagues.”
He has watched the likes of Ozzie Albies, Jurickson Profar, Jonathan Schoop, Andrelton Simmons, Kenley Jansen and plenty more reach MLB from a Dutch Caribbean island more than 2,000 miles away from here, where Jones put the finishing touches on a 17-year career Sunday.
The longtime Braves star center fielder was introduced by John Smoltz and spoke while Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Chipper Jones sat behind him, fixtures on Braves teams that owned the NL East and lost to the Yankees in the 1996 and 1999 World Series.
Jones thanked “Larry Wayne” Jones, his “brother from another mother,” for pushing for his induction.
“The Jones boys are in Cooperstown now,” Andruw Jones said.
Hanging over Jones’ moment was that his longtime manager was not present.
Bobby Cox, himself a Hall of Famer, died in May at 84.
“Nobody in the Braves organization had a bigger impact on me than manager Bobby Cox,” said Jones, who homered in his first two World Series at-bats (against Andy Pettitte and Brian Boehringer), becoming the youngest to ever homer in the Fall Classic. “He put a 19-year-old in the World Series in the lineup and believed in me.
Andruw Jones, pictured second from the left, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 26. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
“Bobby had confidence in me and helped me become the best player I could be. He commanded respect, created a winning culture. You play hard. You play to win, and you always give an honest effort. Simple rules to play the game.”
Jones, one of the greatest center fielders ever and a powerful bat, played with Atlanta from 1996-2007 and then bounced around.
In his speech, he thanked both Joe Torre (who managed him with the Dodgers) and Joe Girardi (his manager with the Yankees in 2011-12).
Andrew Mangiapane’s name has always carried a little irony. A player known for battling through everything on the ice is now dealing with some actual “pain” away from it.
The former Calgary Flames forward is currently sidelined with a lower-body injury, according to TSN, but the setback is not expected to threaten his availability for training camp with the Chicago Blackhawks.
The 30-year-old enters the final season of his contract looking to rediscover the form that once made him one of Calgary’s most trusted forwards — and prove there is still plenty left to give at the NHL level.
Selected in the sixth round of the 2012 NHL Draft, the Bolton, Ontario native went from long-shot prospect to a key piece of the Flames’ lineup. Over seven seasons in Calgary, he became one of the team’s most reliable competitors, earning a reputation as a player who could be counted on in difficult moments.
In 417 games with the Flames, Mangiapane recorded 109 goals and 106 assists for 215 points. He added another 12 points in 27 playoff games, including his breakout 2021-22 campaign when he exploded for a career-high 35 goals.
At that point, Mangiapane looked like a player who had firmly established himself as part of Calgary’s long-term plans.
But hockey careers rarely follow a straight line.
Since leaving the Flames, Mangiapane has bounced between three organizations while searching for the consistency that once defined his game. After being traded to the Washington Capitals, he posted 14 goals and 14 assists for 28 points in 81 games during the 2024-25 season.
That production convinced the Edmonton Oilers to take a chance in free agency, signing him to a two-year, $7.2 million contract. The hope was that a change of scenery could help unlock the player Calgary fans knew so well.
Instead, the move quickly became a difficult chapter.
Mangiapane managed only 14 points in 52 games with Edmonton, recording seven goals and seven assists before the Oilers made a deadline decision to move on.
In March, Edmonton traded Mangiapane and a 2027 first-round pick to Chicago in exchange for forwards Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach. However, his arrival with the Blackhawks did not immediately spark a turnaround, as he finished the season with just two points in 10 games — one goal and one assist.
Now, Chicago represents another opportunity.
The injury may be an unwanted obstacle, but Mangiapane has time to recover before training camp begins. Entering a contract year, the veteran forward has a chance to rewrite the recent narrative surrounding his career and remind teams why he was once viewed as one of Calgary’s most valuable forwards.
For a player who built his reputation on resilience, the next chapter could be the most important one yet.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryson Stott homered, doubled and drove in five runs, NL All-Star starter Cristopher Sánchez pitched six solid innings and the Philadelphia Phillies avoided a three-game sweep with an 11-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday night.
Alec Bohm hit a three-run double for the Phillies, who snapped a four-game skid and finished 3-6 on their homestand against the Mets, Dodgers and Yankees.
Ben Rice homered and doubled for New York.
Sánchez (13-4) gave up three runs and six hits. He struck out six and walked three.
Philadelphia jumped out to a 6-0 lead against Will Warren (7-5). Bohm’s bases-loaded double that ended a nine-pitch at-bat made it 5-0 in the third. It became a six-run advantage when Bohm scored on Stott’s single.
Stott hit a solo homer in the second after Kyle Schwarber had a sacrifice fly in the first.
After a throwing error on a pickoff attempt by Sánchez helped New York score three times in the fifth, Philadelphia added five runs in the sixth, highlighted by Stott’s three-run double off left-hander Ryan Yarbrough.
Before the game, the Yankees placed All-Star outfielder Cody Bellinger on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Max Schuemann started in place of Bellinger in left field, batting seventh, and went 0 for 2 with a walk.
Spencer Jones, called up from Triple-A to take Bellinger’s roster spot, pinch hit for Schuemann in the eighth and walked.
New York, also without injured slugger Aaron Judge, struck out 13 times.
The Phillies improved to 43-16 when Sánchez, Zack Wheeler or Jesús Luzardo starts on the mound. They are 14-33 in all other games.
Cionel Pérez throws a pitch during the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field on July 26, 2026.
The Mets bullpen spared Freddy Peralta’s blushes Sunday as it produced five scoreless innings to silence the Dodgers down the stretch.
Despite what has turned into a lost season for the team, the bullpen’s ERA ranks in the top half of MLB and the Mets needed that stinginess after Peralta racked up 93 pitches in just four innings.
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Cionel Pérez steadied the ship (and got the win) with six key outs, before Brooks Raley, Luke Weaver and Devin Williams all produced scot-free innings as well.
Weaver did particularly well to make an off-balance throw while falling down to throw out Teoscar Hernández from an infield chopper.
Perez, whom the Mets initially signed to a minor league deal in May, has given the team some good innings in relief, with a 4.38 ERA and 31 strikeouts (following three more Sunday).
“He was a huge kind of midseason pickup. Our scouts identified him — been the right kind of guy in every way,” interim manager Andy Green said after the game. “Really attacked the zone.”
Cionel Pérez throws a pitch during the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field on July 26, 2026. Getty Images
Green also praised the 30-year-old for getting All-Star Freddie Freeman to strike out swinging on a low fastball, and ultimately getting the Mets through the middle innings after another rocky start from Peralta.
“We needed them [the six outs] at that point in time,” Green said.
Freddy Peralta, who started Sunday, throws a pitch during the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field on July 26, 2026. Getty Images
It remains to be seen how different the Mets bullpen will look after the trade deadline.
Weaver and Raley have had extremely strong years (with 1.93 and 2.10 ERAs, respectively), and Green hinted after the game that there could be “more conservative” bullpen decisions made in the near future.
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“If those guys [the bullpen overall] are feeling great, they will still pitch,” he said. “But we will be conservative to some degree and make good decisions for them, put them in a good position. I think we always do that from a medical staff perspective.”
For now, Green, the Mets and their bullpen will focus on winning the next two home series against the Braves and Marlins.
So of course, on a night when a lineup that looked like it came out of the Grapefruit League actually scratched across three runs against one of the toughest pitchers in the game, it was pitching that let the Yankees down.
Will Warren turned in a clunker, putting the Yankees in a big hole early that they began to climb out of before Ryan Yarbrough buried them again on the way to an 11-4 loss to the Phillies on Sunday night at Citizens Bank Park.
“It was pretty s–tty overall,” Warren said after giving up six runs in three-plus innings.
Unable to complete the sweep, the Yankees (59-46) flew to Chicago for a week in the Windy City against the White Sox and Cubs that leads into the trade deadline, which they hope to use to help bolster a hurting roster that is now three games back of the Rays for first place in the AL East.
Will Warren reacts after allowing a home run during the Yankees’ July 26 loss. AP Photo
But the lineup — which scored three runs in six innings against Phillies ace lefty Cristopher Sánchez — was not as big of an issue as Warren, who continued a rough stretch.
Warren had pitched to a 3.22 ERA across his first 12 starts through the end of May.
But his eight starts since then have been much rockier, pitching to a 6.57 ERA — 27 earned runs in 37 innings with 50 hits against him.
“Yeah, I don’t know,” Warren said when asked about his recent slide. “I’m going to figure that out. Going out there and doing exactly what happened tonight, it’s pretty frustrating. … I’m confident when I take the mound that I can get it done. It’s a matter of executing. I have the stuff. It’s really just finding the groove. We’re going to get back to work and find it sooner than later.”
Alec Bohm scores during the Phillies’ July 26 win against the Yankees. Imagn Images
After the Yankees turned the early 6-0 deficit into a 6-3 game by the fifth inning — a rally capped off by Anthony Volpe’s second double of the night — Yarbrough erased any chance of them finishing off the comeback by the sixth. A rally that started with Volpe throwing a ball away on what was ruled a single with an error turned into the Phillies (57-49) scoring five runs against Yarbrough to blow things open.
Anthony Volpe reacts after striking out during the Yankees’ July 26 game. AP Photo
“Ultimately we didn’t play well enough tonight to hold them down enough, obviously,” manager Aaron Boone said.
The Yankees did not play their crispest defense behind Warren, which did not help his cause. That started from the very first batter in the bottom of the first, when Trea Turner roped a ball to the gap in right-center field that Trent Grisham could not cut off before it bounced all the way to the wall, resulting in a triple.
Kyle Schwarber came up next and hit a sacrifice fly for the 1-0 lead.
In the second inning, Warren left a 94 mph fastball over the heart of the plate and Bryson Stott crushed it for a home run to put the Phillies ahead 2-0.
Things then went off the rails in the third inning, which Warren started by quickly retiring the first two batters. But he followed by walking Schwarber, giving up a double to Bryce Harper and then intentionally walking Brandon Marsh (after falling behind 2-0) to load the bases.
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That brought up Alec Bohm, who engaged in a nine-pitch battle that ended with a sinking liner to left field that a diving Max Schuemann (starting for Bellinger) had no chance on, resulting in a bases-clearing double for the 5-0 lead.
Stott capped off the rally with a single that made it 6-0, as Warren threw first-pitch strikes to just seven of the 17 batters he faced, which usually left him pitching from behind.
“Struggling controlling the zone and getting ahead,” Boone said. “It seemed like he was 1-0 to most guys. They got in some leverage counts and made him pay a little bit. Stuff was OK, but they were on the offensive, I think, because he was behind in counts a lot.”
Jul 26, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm (28) celebrates his three RBI double during the third inning against the New York Yankees at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images | Eric Hartline-Imagn Images
Alec Bohm and Bryson Stott combined for nine RBI as the Philadelphia Phillies (57-49) staved off the sweep with an 11-4 rout of the New York Yankees (59-46) on Sunday Night Baseball.
Cristopher Sanchez was his dominant self most of the night, striking out six across six innings, but gave up all three of his earned runs in the top of the fifth, which contained three hits, a walk, a pick-off error and a wild pitch.
Sanchez’s 13th win ties his career high set last season, which came on September 10th.
The Phillies got on the board first against Yanks’ righty, Will Warren, thanks to a lead-off triple by Trea Turner in the first inning and a sacrifice fly by Kyle Schwarber.
With two outs in the bottom of the third, the Phils loaded the bases with a walk to Schwarber, a double by Bryce Harper and an intention walk to Brandon Marsh to set up the righty-righty matchup between Warren and Alec Bohm. Bohm worked a full count and nine-pitch at-bat before lacing a double to right-center to clear the bases. Stott worked another full count and singled home Bohm to blow open the six-run advantage.
Phils would tack on five more runs in the bottom of the sixth against Yanks’ lefty, Ryan Yarbrough, with four straight singles to begin the frame and a two-out RBI hit-by-pitch to Bohm and two-RBI double by Stott to close out the home scoring.
Tim Mayza surrendered a leadoff homer to Ben Rice on the first pitch of the seventh inning but combined with Chase Shugart, who went two scoreless, to preserve the victory.
