Who's hot

Mike Sweeney of the Royals has homered in five straight games.

Who's not

The Red Sox are hitting .221 in 17 interleague games in which they are 5-12.

Line of the day

Moises Alou, Cubs LF

AB R H RBI HR

4 3 4 2 2

On deck

Adam Dunn of the Reds is on pace to walk 137 times, which would break Joe Morgan's team record of 132.

He said it

"When you're playing the top teams in the league, .500 isn't bad, but there's no reason for us to be losing this many at home."

Brian Daubach, Red Sox first baseman, after Boston fell to 18-18 at Fenway