The Phillies grabbed the lead in the NL East with a dominating win over the Marlins on Friday night, according to MLB.com. Philadelphia won 12-3, despite trailing 3-0 after the first inning. The Phillies scored seven runs in the second to grab hold of the game and never let go. Brett Myers struck out eleven batters, settling down despite the rough first inning. Chase Utley blasted a pair of home runs, giving him eighteen for the season. The Phillies, who have now won five-straight, hold a .5 game lead over the Marlins in the division.

The surging New York Yankees won their fifth-straight game on Sunday with a come-from-behind win over the slugging Seattle Mariners, according to MLB.com. The Yankees scored four runs in the bottom half of the eighth inning to erase a three-run deficit. Robinson Cano hit a sacrifice fly that scored Alex Rodriguez, and Jose Molina followed that up with a double to allow Hideki Matsui to score the winning run. Chien Ming-Wang threw 111 pitches over 6.1 innings, allowing seven hits and five earned runs. Jarrod Washburn won the duel, allowing just four hits and two runs in six innings of work, but the Yankees won the war and earned a series sweep. New York will begin a three-game set with Baltimore on Monday.

The Indians completed a sweep of the Athletics on Thursday afternoon, but a Cleveland starter allowed a run for the first time in 44 1/3 innings, according to The Associated Press. An unearned run against Aaron Laffey on his own throwing error ended the streak, but didn't keep the team from recording their eighth win in ten games. "When you talk about five guys -- to do it day in and day out it's impressive," Laffey said. "It's just been an incredible week of starting pitching for us." During Cleveland's recent seven-game homestand, their starters tallied a 6-0 record with an 0.16 ERA in 55 1/3 innings of work.

The Tampa Rays took over first place in the AL East on Tuesday night with an extra-inning victory over the New York Yankees, according to The Associated Press. The Rays won 2-1 in the eleventh inning when Gabe Gross singled Jonny Gomes home, and took over first place because of a Boston loss to Baltimore. Tampa has won six straight games and eleven in a row at home, their best start in franchise history.