MLB: Day Fifty-Seven
Posted on | May 29, 2007 | No Comments
Sunday was a day of sweeps in Major League Baseball. Some of the bigger sweeps over the weekend included the Angels over the Yankees, the Indians over the Tigers, the Red Sox over the Rangers, the Mets over the Marlins, the Padres over the Brewers, and the Phillies over the Braves.
The games this past weekend helped bring a little more separation in many of the divisions. The AL East, the AL Central, and the NL East.
Before these games, the Detroit Tigers went into their weekend home series with a half game lead in the AL Central. Now, three games later, the Indians are the ones in the lead and, thanks to their sweep, they have a slightly comfortable lead of 2.5 games. These two teams will meet again next weekend in Cleveland.
Though the Angels were able to sweep the Yankees, they weren’t able to widen their lead in the AL West because the Seattle Mariners also swept the Kansas City Royals. However, the Yankees did lose more ground in the AL East.
The Yankees are now 12.5 games out of first place and behind the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox swept the Texas Rangers and they now hold an overall lead of 11.5 games in their division.
The Boston Red Sox bounded back from losing two out of three with the Yankees to sweep the Rangers. Boston will play the Indians this week before taking on the Yankees next weekend. The match-up between the Indians and the Red Sox will feature the American League’s top two teams.
With the New York Mets sweeping the Florida Marlins and the Philadelphia Phillies sweeping the Atlanta Braves, the Mets’ lead in the National League East is now 4.5 games. In fact, the braves are now just a mere 2 games in front of third place Philadelphia in the NL East.
The San Diego Padres swept the Brewers to get themselves into a first place tie with the LA Dodgers. However, the Padres weren’t able to shake loose from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Arizona also earned a sweep (over the Astros) and they are just a game behind the Dodgers and Padres.
Just a couple weeks ago it seemed like there was a log jam at the top of just about every division. But, at least for now, there are clear-cut first place teams in every division except for the NL West.
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