Red Sox Report

Power Rankings: Sox up to No. 1

June, 13, 2011

6/13/11

1:15

PM ET

By ESPNBoston.com

Tom Szczerbowski/US Presswire

It's taken them 11 weeks, but the Boston Red Sox, who were popular preseason favorites to win the World Series, have moved to the top of the latest ESPN.com MLB Power Rankings. Firebrand of the American League (from the SweetSpot Blog Network) writes:

The Red Sox have finally hit their stride, scoring 60 runs in six games while the pitching allowed only 19 runs. Even John Lackey was encouraging with eight strikeouts.

Click HERE to read this week's rankings.

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TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
NY Yankees	29	18	0.0	204	176
Boston	28	20	1.5	231	202
Baltimore	26	22	3.5	242	224
Tampa Bay	24	23	5.0	226	220
Toronto	20	28	9.5	209	250

UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
CLE	27-19	15-10	12-9	W1
BOS	28-20	13-11	15-9	L1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
CLE	27-19	15-10	12-9	W1
BOS	28-20	13-11	15-9	L1

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
CLE	27-19	15-10	12-9	W1
BOS	28-20	13-11	15-9	L1

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