In the National League East, a defining stretch of schedule is in the offing as the first-place Philadelphia Phillies and ...

Its Monday, August 25 and the Phillies (76-54) are in Queens to take on the Mets (69-61). Cristopher Sánchez is slated to take the mound for Philadelphia against Kodai Senga for New York.

So the Phillies will soldier on. They will try to win the World Series without their Game 1 starter, their ace, the best ...