If you saw my previous article written earlier today, you know that the Red Sox have the best record in baseball. After one month, the Red Sox, Royals and Pirates are all alone in first place, and after Colorado lost two to Arizona this weekend, the Rockies and Diamondbacks are now tied for the division lead. Take that for what it's worth, we've seen it before.
With that in mind, here are some notes from the last week of this great baseball season.
- As mentioned in my Red Sox article, Boston is 14-0 in games that Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, and Felix Doubront pitch.
- Boston's schedule through May 30 includes 27 games against the Twins, Blue Jays, White Sox, Indians, Rays and Phillies.
- Red Sox hit 29 doubles in seven games last week (ten more than anyone else).
- After a slow start, the Pittsburgh Pirates are 11-4 against the Cardinals, Reds, Braves and D-Backs.
- The Pirates' pitching staff, statistically...
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Cliff Lee throws a complete game shutout, giving up just three hits, as the Phils take the series from the Marlins, winning 3-0.
The Marlins tried to score first in the bottom of the second as they loaded up the bases on a lead-off single by Marcell Ozuna, a walk by Justin Ruggiano, moving Ozuna up to second base, and Chris Coghlan being hit by the pitch, with nobody out. Phils’ starter Cliff Lee then got himself of the jam by first getting Nick Green to hit into a 5-2-3 doubleplay, with Erik Kratz touching home plate, forcing out Ozuna, for the inning’s first out, as Ruggiano moved up to third base, while Coghlan stopped at second base, before he ended the inning by getting Jeff Mathis to pop up to the second baseman Freddy Galvis. The Phils took the lead in the fourth as, with... 
