RUNS–ARodriguez, New York, 44; Hafner, Cleveland, 43; Swisher, Oakland, 41; Thome, Chicago, 41; Glaus, Toronto, 40; Tejada, Baltimore, 40; Sizemore, Cleveland, 38; Jeter, New York, 38.

RBI–DOrtiz, Boston, 47; Thome, Chicago, 44; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 43; Hafner, Cleveland, 42; Konerko, Chicago, 40; Swisher, Oakland, 39; Gomes, Tampa Bay, 39; Glaus, Toronto, 39; ARodriguez, New York, 39.

HITS–ISuzuki, Seattle, 68; MYoung, Texas, 66; Jeter, New York, 66; Tejada, Baltimore, 64; Sizemore, Cleveland, 61; Loretta, Boston, 61; Rios, Toronto, 60; VWells, Toronto, 60; Mora, Baltimore, 60; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 60.

DOUBLES–Lowell, Boston, 22; Matthews, Texas, 18; Rios, Toronto, 17; MYoung, Texas, 17; Teixeira, Texas, 15; CGuillen, Detroit, 15; VMartinez, Cleveland, 14.

TRIPLES–JoLopez, Seattle, 5; Reed, Seattle, 4; Sizemore, Cleveland, 4; Matthews, Texas, 4; Shelton, Detroit, 3; ISuzuki, Seattle, 3; Podsednik, Chicago, 3; Ibanez, Seattle, 3.

HOME RUNS–Thome, Chicago, 18; Swisher, Oakland, 14; Gomes, Tampa Bay, 14; Glaus, Toronto, 14; DOrtiz, Boston, 14; Konerko, Chicago, 14; Hafner, Cleveland, 13; Tejada, Baltimore, 13; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 13; ARodriguez, New York, 13.

STOLEN BASES–Crawford, Tampa Bay, 19; Podsednik, Chicago, 18; Figgins, Los Angeles, 16; ISuzuki, Seattle, 16; CPatterson, Baltimore, 16; Damon, New York, 11; Gathright, Tampa Bay, 10.

PITCHING (8 Decisions)–Beckett, Boston, 7-1, .875, 3.80; Schilling, Boston, 8-2, .800, 3.93; FGarcia, Chicago, 7-2, .778, 4.31; Rogers, Detroit, 7-2, .778, 3.32; Buehrle, Chicago, 6-2, .750, 2.62; Verlander, Detroit, 7-3, .700, 2.55; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 7-3, .700, 2.86.

STRIKEOUTS–JoSantana, Minnesota, 75; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 73; Mussina, New York, 65; Schilling, Boston, 65; FHernandez, Seattle, 59; Bonderman, Detroit, 53; Lackey, Los Angeles, 51; Zito, Oakland, 51.

SAVES–Papelbon, Boston, 18; TJones, Detroit, 16; Jenks, Chicago, 13; Ray, Baltimore, 12; FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 12; BRyan, Toronto, 11; MRivera, New York, 10.

HISTORY

ON THIS DATE, MAY 28

1946 – The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night game at Yankee Stadium. The first ball was thrown out by General Electric president Charles E. Wilson.

1951 – After going 0-for-12 in his first three major league games, Willie Mays of the New York Giants hit a home run off Warren Spahn in a 4-1 loss to the Boston Braves.

1956 – Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a home run in his eighth consecutive game, a major league record. Long connected off Brooklyn's Carl Erskine at Forbes Field.

1968 – The American League announced it would split into two divisions. The East division consisted of Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York and Washington. California, Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota, Oakland and Seattle made up the West.

1979 – George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hit for the cycle and added another home run to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 in 16 innings.

1986 – Joe Cowley of the Chicago White Sox set a major league record by striking out the first seven batters he faced. He lasted 4 2-3 innings in a 6-3 loss to the Texas Rangers.

1995 – The White Sox and Tigers set a major league record with 12 homers, and combined for an American League-record 21 extra-base hits in Chicago's 14-12 victory in Detroit.

1998 – Arizona manager Buck Showalter intentionally walked Barry Bonds with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Diamondbacks held on to beat San Francisco 8-7.

2003 – Atlanta became the second team in major league history to start a game with three straight homers in its 15-3 win over the Reds. Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield hit consecutive home runs off Jeff Austin in the bottom of the first. The Padres did it against the Giants on April 13, 1987.

Today's birthdays: Jhonny Peralta 24; Daniel Cabrera 25.

NOTABLE

Vladimir Guerrero hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer to help Los Angeles beat Baltimore 5-2 Friday night. The homer broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the eighth. It was Guerrero's 318th career homer and his first inside the park.