AL West Standings: What A Difference A Weekend Makes

By Brett Perryman Apr 25, 2011, 11:00am CDT

After Jered Weaver dominated the Rangers Wednesday to send them to a third straight series loss, the AL West standings looked like this:

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	W	L	GB
Los Angeles	12	6	-
Texas	11	7	1.0
Oakland	9	9	3.0
Seattle	6	13	6.5

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Texas was in second place for the first time since early in the 2010 season, and even Oakland was closing in. But the Angels were swept by Boston, the Rangers swept KC, and the A's and M's split to return the standings to almost exactly where they were ten games ago (Seattle has dropped one to the field):

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	W	L	GB
Texas	14	7	-
Los Angeles	12	10	2.5
Oakland	11	11	3.5
Seattle	8	15	7.0

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There is room to gain more ground this week, as the A's visit Anaheim and Texas hosts Toronto. The Jays are 9-12 overall, 3-7 on the road, 4-5 versus the West, and haven't won a series since the first week of the season.

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See the full MLB standings here.

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