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Power Rankings: Yanks, Angels meet in 1-2 battle

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Monday night is great timing for a makeup game between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels. Not only do they have the majors' two best records, but they're also the top two teams in this week's MLB Power Rankings.

The Yankees, hosting a game that was rained out on May 3, are No. 1 for the sixth straight week, while the Angels moved up one spot to No. 2. The St. Louis Cardinals, swept by the Atlanta Braves this past weekend, fell to No. 3, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.

The Chicago Cubs are the U.S. Army Team of the Week, moving up three spots to No. 13 after winning five of their past six games. One of our voters, Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com, wrote the comments below, along with ESPN senior MLB editor David Kull.

Tune in to "Baseball Tonight" every Monday on ESPN to see the week's U.S. Army Power Rankings.

2009 Power Rankings: September 14
	RK (LW)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Yankees	92-52	The Yankees have the majors' best record (45-15) since the All-Star break.
	2 (3)	Angels	86-56	The Angels lead the majors with 44 come-from-behind victories.
	3 (2)	Cardinals	84-60	Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright have a combined record of 21-3 since July 1.
	4 (4)	Dodgers	85-59	Vicente Padilla is 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA in four outings with the Dodgers.
	5 (6)	Red Sox	84-58	Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester are a combined 8-0 in their past 14 starts.
	6 (5)	Phillies	82-60	Ryan Howard is two homers from reaching 40 for the fourth straight season.
	7 (8)	Rockies	82-62	The Rockies have won 10 of their past 13 entering their series against San Francisco.
$Texas Rangers$	8 (9)	Rangers	80-62	Rookie Julio Borbon has 14 stolen bases in 15 attempts in his first 26 MLB games.
	9 (7)	Tigers	76-66	Rick Porcello leads MLB rookies with 13 wins and has lost only one of his past nine outings.
	10 (10)	Giants	77-66	Brad Penny is 3-0 with a 1.64 ERA in 22 innings through three outings with the Giants.
	11 (11)	Marlins	76-67	Hanley Ramirez leads the NL in batting (.361) and needs one RBI to reach 100 for the first time in his career.
	12 (13)	Braves	75-68	Javier Vazquez (216) reached 200 strikeouts for the third straight season and the fifth time in his career.
	13 (16)	Cubs	73-68	Ted Lilly improved to 8-1 with a 1.60 ERA in 12 starts at Wrigley Field.
	14 (14)	Mariners	74-70	Felix Hernandez established a career best with his 15th victory.
	15 (12)	Rays	72-71	In their 11-game losing streak, the Rays have been outscored 61 to 23.
	16 (15)	Twins	71-72	Justin Morneau is hitting .201 (35-for-174) in the second half of the season.
	17 (17)	White Sox	71-73	The White Sox are 4-for-48 (.083) with runners in scoring position in their past seven games.
	18 (18)	Astros	70-73	With five more homers and six more RBIs, Carlos Lee could reach 30 homers and 100 RBIs for the fifth time.
	19 (19)	Brewers	69-73	Prince Fielder (126) needs one RBI to establish a franchise record.
	20 (21)	Blue Jays	65-78	Roy Halladay has pitched at least 200 innings four straight seasons and six times in his career.
	21 (20)	Reds	64-79	Brandon Phillips ranks second among NL second basemen with 87 RBIs.
	22 (22)	Mets	63-81	The Mets have lost six of their past seven and are 18 games under .500.
	23 (23)	Athletics	64-78	Rajai Davis ranks fifth in the majors in hitting (.404) in September.
	24 (26)	Padres	65-79	The Padres have won nine of their past 12, including six of nine against Dodgers, Giants and Rockies.
	25 (27)	Orioles	58-84	Brian Roberts leads the majors with 51 doubles and has reached 50 for the third time in his career.
	26 (25)	Indians	61-81	The Indians have lost 10 of their past 13 games.
	27 (24)	Diamondbacks	62-82	The Diamondbacks have scored five or fewer runs in 14 straight games.
	28 (28)	Pirates	55-86	The Pirates lead the NL with 501 defensive double plays.
	29 (29)	Royals	57-86	Luke Hochevar is 0-7 with an 8.31 ERA in nine starts since July 30.
	30 (30)	Nationals	50-93	In the NL, Adam Dunn is fourth in OPS (.973), tied for second in walks (104) and tied for fifth in homers (37).