The Rangers' Joey Gallo has been heating up, slamming a pair of home runs in a recent game during the team's hot streak. Meanwhile, the Astros have been struggling while losing seven of their last ten games. They were swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates in a two-game set this week and were outscored 25-2 in those games.
Speaking of the Pittsburgh Pirates, they have been the hottest team in the National League (8-2 in their last ten games) and are back in the thick of the N.L. Central division race, trailing the first place Chicago Cubs by just four games. That entire division has a meager 5 1/2 game gap between the five teams from top to bottom.
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will do battle over in London, England this weekend in a two-game set at London Stadium, which will feature a make shift baseball field set up in a soccer stadium with the center field fence being just 385 feet from home plate.
The Bronx Bombers continue to dominate the American League East division and have even overtaken the Minnesota Twins for the best record in the junior circuit. The Yankees are 9-1 in their last ten games and lead the fading Tampa Bay Rays by a full seven games in the division race.
The Twins lost to the Chicago White Sox, 6-4 on the road Friday night, but still have an eight game lead over the second place Cleveland Indians, who were pummeled by the league worst Baltimore Orioles, 13-0 on Friday at Camden Yards in Baltimore. The Tribe is in the thick of the wild card chase in the American League, trailing the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays by only 1 1/2 games for the two post-season spots. The Oakland A's, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels are all right there as well in the race as the season reached the halfway point.
The Atlanta Braves have also opened up a good sized division lead in the N.L. East, leading the slumping Philadelphia Phillies by 5 1/2 games and the surging Washington Nationals by seven games. The Nationals have played themselves back into post-season contention (wild card race) by reeling off a hot streak in June. It's a log jam in the wild card race in the National League, with nine teams separated by just 4 1/2 games.
The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to keep things on cruise control as they have a 12 game lead in the National League's West division, along with a league best 56-28 record. The Colorado Rockies cooled off the Dodgers in a 13-9 home victory on Friday night. Close behind the second place Rockies in the N.L. West are the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks.
AL STANDINGS (through June 28) NL STANDINGS (through June 28)
East East
New York 52-28 Atlanta 49-34
Tampa Bay 46-36 Philadelphia 43-39
Boston 44-38 Washington 41-40
Toronto 30-52 New York 37-46
Baltimore 23-58 Miami 31-49
Central Central
Minnesota 52-29 Chicago 44-38
Cleveland 44-37 Milwaukee 43-39
Chicago 38-41 St. Louis 40-40
Detroit 26-51 Pittsburgh 39-41
Kansas City 28-54 Cincinnati 37-42
West West
Houston 51-32 LA Dodgers 56-28
Texas 46-36 Colorado 43-39
Oakland 44-39 San Diego 41-40
LA Angels 42-41 Arizona 42-42
Seattle 37-49 San Francisco 35-46
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