LEADING OFF: Yanks go for 12 straight, Scherzer faces Padres

A look at what’s happening around the majors today:

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MAKE IT A DOZEN

Following an off day, the New York Yankees try for their longest winning streak in 60 years when they open a four-game series in Oakland.

New York has won 11 in a row for the first time since 1985. The storied Yankees haven't won 12 straight since Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris powered a 13-game run in September 1961.

Jameson Taillon (8-4, 3.94 ERA) pitches for the Yankees against James Kaprielian (7-4, 3.25), who was drafted in the first round by New York in 2015 out of UCLA before getting traded to the Athletics in the July 2017 deal that sent pitcher Sonny Gray to the Yankees.

Kaprielian is 2-0 with a 3.31 ERA in three starts since coming off the injured list, but the A's have lost four straight and eight of 10 to fall out of playoff position in an AL wild-card race now led by the Yankees.

Taillon is 7-0 since his last loss on May 31.

SWEET 16

One night after outlasting San Diego in 16 innings, the Dodgers go for a three-game sweep of their NL West rivals with Max Scherzer on the mound and Mookie Betts expected back in the lineup.

Yu Darvish (7-7, 3.70 ERA) is scheduled to come off the injured list for the Padres.

Scherzer (11-4, 2.65) makes his fifth start since Los Angeles acquired him from Washington at the July 30 trade deadline. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is 3-0 with a 2.11 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 21 2/3 innings for the Dodgers.

Scherzer hasn't lost since May 30 and will attempt to go 8-0 over 13 starts. But he's allowed 11 runs over 10 2/3 innings in two starts against San Diego this season, both no-decisions.

Betts has been sidelined by a hip injury, but the defending World Series champions have barely missed a beat, winning 11...

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