The Angels got swept by the A’s last month but that was without Mike Trout, who did miss time in that series with a back injury. But the slugging outfielder didn’t miss a beat on Monday in the series opener, driving in a pair of runs in a rare 4-1 victory over Oakland.
The first place Brewers continue their eight-game road trip against the faltering New York Mets when they open a three-game set at Citi Field on Tuesday night.
Los Angeles has done well on the road this season, and will hope that it can use its trip to Cincinnati to close the gap in the NL West, when they face the Reds in the first of a four-game series that begins on Monday night.
The Giants will aim to add to the best record in baseball on Friday night, when they prepare to open a three-game series with the visiting New York Mets on Friday.
Detroit has won their last 6 games and has the best record in the league. They are in the top 5 in scoring and runs allowed and just dominated Boston over the weekend giving up only 4 runs over the three game road sweep.
After a couple of wins in Seattle Tampa’ s struggles continued in L.A. last night as they were blew the game late, big time, against the Angels.
The Yankees finally solved the Mets last night and all it took was another spectacular outing from Masahiro Tanaka.
The first two games of this series have featured shutouts but the Rangers were on the wrong end of it last night. As a result they have slid down to .500 and to fourth place in the division above only Houston.
Chicago has one of the highest scoring offenses in the league but they are still milling about below .500.
The San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals will take the field Thursday to begin a four-game series in the Nation’s Capital.
