MLB

A hot week from the Orioles and Yankees, coupled with a three game losing streak by the Red Sox, has resulted in a three way time atop the American League East. New York is percentage points ahead of Baltimore so we’ll start our trip around the division with the Yankees.

Oft-injured Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts is expected to miss at least another six weeks after making the decision Wednesday to have surgery to repair a muscle in his injured right hamstring.