The Texas Rangers will look to continue their dominance over the Oakland A’s, while slugger Josh Hamilton aims to extend his hitting streak to 17 games in the final game of a quick two-game set that began with a Rangers’ 4-1 win on Wednesday night in Arlington.
The AL East leading Tampa Bay Devil Rays will aim to continue their winning ways when they take on division bottom dwellers, the Boston Red Sox, in Game 1 of a quick two-game set on Wednesday night in Florida.
The New York Yankees split a pair in Baltimore to start the week and now it is off to Toronto for another pair against a division opponent.
The Colorado Rockies came into Monday’s Game 1 being swept by the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers, and will get a chance to face one of the majors’ least intimidating lineups in Tuesday’s Game 2 against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.
The Mariners dropped game one of the series without much of a fight.
After mixed results to start the month of May, the Dodgers seem to be peaking at the right time, coming off a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies as they prepare to face off against another division rival, the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first of a quick tw0-game set on Monday in Los Angeles.
The offensive-anemic San Diego Padres will get a chance to gain some much-needed ground in the NL West when they square off in Game 2 of a three-game series against the struggling Philadelphia Phillies who are sitting surprisingly in last place in the NL East after winning the division for the past five seasons.
The Los Angeles Angels are easily the most disappointing team for me this year. This team was supposed to challenge Texas for American League supremacy but they have needed a hot streak lately just to up their record within breathing distance of .500 and third place Seattle.
The New York Yankees fresh off a tough three-game at home division series with Tampa Bay, will open another three-game weekend set on Friday when they host the Seattle Mariners who are trying desperately to turn their season around since finishing a miserable 10-and-12 in April.
The Cincinnati Reds will square off in the final game of three-games set at Milwaukee on Wednesday.
The Milwaukee Brewers have not performed as expected this season, and scoring has been their main problem.
The Milwaukee Brewers have not performed as expected this season, and scoring has been their main problem.
Even though their records wouldn’t tell you this, these are the two teams atop the AL Central currently. They are each a half game up on the Tigers, but neither team is really playing their best baseball.
The Baltimore Orioles are the biggest positive surprise in the Majors, adding even more heft to the American League East being the toughest division in baseball.
Even though Albert Pujols finished his first month with the Angels without a homer, Anaheim returned from a rough road trip with a 4-3 victory over the equally miserable Minnesota Twins on Monday night in game one of a three games set that will continue on Tuesday.
This is a match-up between the two best records in the National League. The Dodgers are fresh off of their first two home losses of the season at the hand of the Atlanta Braves, but that isn’t to say they didn’t play well. Matt Kemp hit another home run, pushing his league-leading total to 10.
