By the numbers

6.2

Runs per game for the Los Angeles Angels in July – after just 3.8 in June. The Angels scored 12 against New York after scoring 22 runs during a three-game sweep in Boston. They tallied 19 runs in taking two of three at Baltimore last weekend.

18

Consecutive games with a hit for Seattle’s Jose Lopez. He extended the streak when he hit an eighth-inning single in the Mariners’ win over Texas.

5-19

July record for Washington.

527

Career homers by Chicago White Sox DH Jim Thome.