The AL West standings look as good as they have since the early part of April, with the Rangers on five-game and three-series win streaks and the Angels and A's fumbling a bit. The Mariners have ridden their quality pitching and terrible offense to a 7-3 record in their last ten and are holding their ground.
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| West | ↵W | ↵L | ↵GB | ↵
| Texas Rangers | ↵34 | ↵26 | ↵-- | ↵
| Seattle Mariners | ↵31 | ↵28 | ↵2.5 | ↵
| Los Angeles Angels | ↵30 | ↵31 | ↵4.5 | ↵
| Oakland Athletics | ↵27 | ↵33 | ↵7 | ↵
Thanks to their solid road pitching and the returns of Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz to the lineup, the Rangers now have the second best run differential in baseball:
↵+71 NY Yankees
+51 Texas Rangers
+45 St Louis Cardinals
+34 Philadelphia Phillies
+28 Boston/Atlanta/Toronto
Texas has made their way to the ninth best ERA in baseball and fifth best in the AL at 3.50. They have scored the fourth most runs in the AL and sixth most in baseball with 283 (4.7 per game).
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Up this week for the Rangers, they get to return home for three against the Tigers before setting back out on another ten-game road trip.