Rays (60-42) vs Red Sox (61-42)
Through the first three games the Tampa Rays have gained on the Red Sox even further and now enter Thursday`s series finale with a chance to take first place the American League East.
Through the first three games the Tampa Rays have gained on the Red Sox even further and now enter Thursday`s series finale with a chance to take first place the American League East.
The Cincinnati Reds are 7-3 in their last 10 games but they have made up zero ground in their division, the very challenging National League Central.
The Cardinals have the best record in the Majors (60-37) and they are in first place in the NL Central 1.5 games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Nationals are coming off being swept at home in a series against he Dodgers and now face a Pirates’ team that has lost 6 of their last 10 games.
Pittsburgh came out flat out of the All-Star break, continuing their spate of recent average play. Starter Francisco Liriano had his worst outing in a while giving up 5 ER in less than 5 innings.
Oakland continued their trend of mediocre play on the road dropping the first game of their weekend set against Los Angeles.
Depending on how you are looking at it the New York Yankees are either the luckiest or unluckiest team in the American League. Unlucky because they have been beset by injuries big time but lucky because they are 7 games over .500 and still in the hunt, technically.
It has only been a little more than half a season but things have been pretty wild in the National League West so far.
St. Louis took the opener of the series on Friday afternoon behind swing starter Joe Kelly. It was a tight game, 3-2, and it looks like Cardinals have found their way again heading into the break.
The Texas Rangers lost the series opener last night and come into Saturday having lost 3 in a row. They find themselves just a game back of the Oakland A’s in the American League West even though they have a couple of more wins than the Tigers.
Toronto dropped the final game of their series against Cleveland as a rookie making his first start (Danny Salazar) out-pitched the reigning National League Cy Young winner (R.A. Dickey).
Sometimes it looks like nobody wants to win the National League West this season, doesn’t it?. Colorado has a golden opportunity this weekend as they face off with the suddenly scorching Los Angeles Dodgers.
After winning yesterday, the Cincinnati Reds have the 4th best record in the National League but unfortunately that is only good for third place in their own division.
It is almost hard to believe, but with their loss to the New York Mets today, San Francisco has sunk all the way to last in the National League West.
The Phillies have won 3 straight games and the first 2 in this NL East series. The Nationals are in 2nd place in the division 6 games behind the Atlanta Braves and the Phillies are in 3rd 7.5 games back of Atlanta.
The Diamondbacks have won 5 straight and this is after losing 5 in a row. They are in first place with a 4.5 game lead over the Dodgers, who have won 7 of their last 10 games.