By the numbers

24

Major league-leading number of homers for Philadelphia’s Chase Utley.

.484

Batting average for Colorado’s Garrett Atkins against left-handers.

1997

The last year Boston and the New York Yankees met after Memorial Day with neither team in first place.

19

Milwaukee’s number of losses in games it led.

4

The number of hits San Francisco’s Omar Vizquel has in his last 50 at-bats.