It’s an emotional game, baseball.

Twist and dive.

Challenged with what manager Joe Girardi described as “probably as important a game as we’ve had in July in a long time,” the Yankees responded behind six strong innings from Masahiro Tanaka, salvaging the series finale with a 3-1 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday at Yankee Stadium.

With the non-waiver Trade Deadline now just two weeks away, these are tense times around Major League front offices. Not just for the contenders, either, even though that’s where everything starts.

The non-waiver Trade Deadline is quickly approaching, and the Rangers are among the clubs looking to the trade market for pitching help before Aug. 1.

The longest regular-season game in Nationals history — and the second longest in the Majors this season — ended up as a 2-1 win for the Pirates after Starling Marte hit a solo homer in the 18th inning on Sunday at Nationals Park. The victory by Pittsburgh ended Washington’s five-game winning streak. The Nats are now six games ahead of the Marlins and Mets in the National League East race.

Double the fun.

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On Monday, we kick off another seven days of Major League Baseball as the second half of the season kicks into high gear. The packed slate of games around the American and National leagues provides must-see matchups that will have our appetites for action properly whetted.

It began innocently enough, with a first-inning single off White Sox pitcher Eddie Smith on May 15 at Yankee Stadium. For more than two months, Joe DiMaggio got a hit in every game he played, 56 straight. Until July 17, 1941.

Josh Donaldson made the most of a second chance against his former team when he came to the plate in the ninth inning, hitting a go-ahead two-run double to help the Blue Jays claim a 5-3 win Sunday at the Coliseum.

The first hint that Sunday would not develop favorably for the Giants came about an hour and a half before the scheduled first pitch, when Jake Peavy was told he might be needed to relieve Johnny Cueto early in the game or even function as an emergency starter.

Edwin Jackson took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of his Padres debut Sunday against the Giants, paving the way for a 5-3 San Diego victory and series sweep.

After playing 18 innings in 90-degree weather at Nationals Park on Sunday, Starling Marte was ready to go home.

Making his debut with the 11th team of his career Sunday, Edwin Jackson was looking to prove he could still get it done in the big leagues. After taking a no-hit bid into the seventh inning to lead the Padres to a 5-3 win and series sweep over the Giants, he made a pretty good argument for that.

The Marlins’ Jose Fernandez and White Sox’s Chris Sale were among the class of their respective leagues when it came to starting pitching in the first half. On Monday, the duo hopes to pick up where they left off before the All-Star break, with each making his second-half debut on games available on MLB.TV.

Hall of Famer Ted Williams’ .406 average over the entirety of the 1941 campaign encapsulates a sustained excellence and consistency that has proven just as tough for predecessors to match.