Two of the top teams in the American League square off Tuesday night in a game nationally televised by MLB Network. Detroit has looked more like the team people expected of late, but they still have work to do to catch the White Sox in the AL Central.
The Tigers come into this game red-hot winners of 4 straight and they are now only 1.5 games out of first place in the AL Central and they are in the lead in the Wild Card race.
The Yankees lost yesterday’s game against the hated Red Sox, but they are still running away with the AL East with a 8.5 game lead over the Rays and Orioles. White the Red Sox are in the basement of the AL East they are still in the playoff race only 5 games out of the Wild Card lead.
It was the Yankees who ran away with the first game of this series last night. Phil Hughes pitched a solid game, and the Yankees bombed away to a 10-3 win.
The best rivalry in baseball gets another series started Friday evening in New York. Boston is hovering around the .500 mark, while the Yankees have the best record in baseball.
The New York Yankees have hit their stride over the past couple months. The Yankees have taken a firm hold of the lead in the AL East with their red hot run, and they now also have the best record in baseball.
The Yankees and the Braves have been two of the most successful franchises in baseball over the last couple decades.
The Yankees shut out the Rays in yesterday’s game and now they only trail Tampa Bay by 1/2 game in the AL East. The Yankees are 7-3 in their last 10 games while the Rays are only 4-6 in their last 10 games.
As Baltimore fades the Yankees have gotten back into the thick of it in the American League East. They have won 6 of their last 8 even though they struggled at the beginning of the week with an equally resurgent Angels squad.
Don’t look now, but the Los Angeles Angels are above .500. The Angels have rattled off eight straight wins, and they are beginning to look like the team most expected to see before the season.
Before the season began, the Yankees and the Angels would have been expected to be battling for the best record in the American League.
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 Rays and Yankees finish off a three-game series with their top pitchers on the mound in this one. David Price is the Ace of the Rays staff, while C.C. Sabathia is the main man for the Yankees.
The Yankees opened this three-game series against American League East rival Tampa Bay with a 5-3 win last night.
The New York Yankees lost a baseball game Thursday night against the Royals, but they lost much more than that before the game even started.
The Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees are expected to be two of the best teams in the American League this year.
