Quote: "It's good for me. I feel bad for him. But the way you have to look at it is, you got to root for my team first and hope he does good the rest of the year." -- Chad Allen of the Twins, after homering off Devil Rays' Ryan Rupe, his Texas A&M; roommate

It's a fact: The Angels are 60-60 against the Yankees in the past 11 seasons.

Who's hot: The Blue Jays' Shannon Stewart had two hits for his league-leading 16th multi-hit game.

Who's not: Through 17 home dates, the Devil Rays have drawn 362,444, 190,713 behind last year's total for a similar period.

On deck: The Red Sox's Pedro Martinez, who leads the AL in strikeouts, goes for his major-league-leading seventh victory tonight against the Mariners.