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The New York Yankees had a 10-game lead in the American League East entering play on July 19. On Friday, the Yankees will arrive at Progressive Field in Cleveland with a two and-a-half-game division lead over the Tampa Bay Rays. It's the Yankees ...

The battle in the AL East is closer than ever with all five teams separated by just three games. Each team is at least two games over .500 and no team has a negative run differential. That's impressive, considering that according to Elias, the last t...

ESPN Stats & InformationAfter recording just five extra-base hits in April, Giancarlo Stanton has nine doubles and 11 home runs in May.The Miami Marlins scored three runs in the sixth inning, sparked by a two-run homer by Giancarlo Stanton, to beat t...

Pitch locations for the outs made by Albert Pujols against Hiroki Kuroda. Click here to create your own Pujols heat maps Albert Pujols and the Los Angeles Angels make their first trip of the season to the Bronx this weekend, opening a three-game se...

Matt Cashore/US PresswirePat Connaughton and the Irish will try and make it nine straight wins when they host West Virginia. In mid-December, most Notre Dame fans probably were counting the days until spring football practice. The Fighting Iri...

ESPN Stats & InformationMissouri struggled from behind the arc in its January loss at Oklahoma State, as the Cowboys aggressive defense forced the Tigers into contested shots.Only two teams have been able to outscore the Missouri Tigers this season a...

Joe Robbins/Getty Images Jeffrey Taylor and Vanderbilt have what it takes to upset No. 1 Kentucky on Saturday.College GameDay takes center stage in Nashville this weekend, where the Vanderbilt Commodores look to upset the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcat...

Defense takes center stage on Saturday when the Ohio State Buckeyes and Wisconsin Badgers face off in Madison, Wis., (2 ET on ESPN) with first place in the Big Ten on the line. The Buckeyes and Badgers rank first and second, respectively, in the ...

BEST OF THE BEST: MO' OFFICIALLY THE G.O.A.T. Mariano Rivera etched his name in the record books last Monday afternoon with his 602nd career save, passing Trevor Hoffman for the most all-time. He struck out lefty Chris Parmelee, who was facing River...

With nearly 1,000 career innings on his resume, 28-year-old James Shields is the elder statesman and most experienced pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays' starting rotation. He's already the franchise leader in innings pitched, and is tied with Scott Kazmi...

For whatever reason, there have been an abundance of interesting statistical nuggets to come out of Yankees baseball over the last seven days. Here at ESPN, we like to fiddle around late at night through Baseball-Reference.com, and ask our friends at...

Happy Anniversary, Alex! One week ago today, Alex Rodriguez deposited a 2-0 fastball from Shaun Marcum over the centerfield fence at Yankee Stadium and into Monument Park for his 600th career home run, becoming the seventh player in major-league hist...

The ninth day of "Strasmus" - a.k.a. Stephen Strasburg's ninth career start - has finally arrived, with the flame-throwing phenom set to take the mound tonight in the Queen City. This will be the toughest matchup of his young career, as the Reds feat...

Jonathon Niese had a disappointing start to the season, going 1-2 with 4.79 ERA in his first eight outings. Niese injured his hamstring in his eighth start on May 16, during which he allowed five runs and failed to retire a batter in the third inning...

Andy Pettitte turned 38 two weeks ago but is still somehow defying Father Time, off to arguably the finest start of his 16-season major-league career. His 2.48 ERA and 9-2 record are both the best marks of his career through 14 starts, and he appears...

Robinson Cano has put up some incredible numbers this season, with a .367 batting average that leads all major-league players. He has hit regardless of location (.379 on the road, .355 at home), pitcher-handedness (.399 vs RHP, .309 vs LHP), month (....