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Power Rankings: Dodgers, Red Sox are 1-2 again

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox remain unchanged as the top two teams in the MLB Power Rankings for the second straight week.

The Dodgers, who own baseball's best record (46-24) and top run differential (plus-85), have now extended their stay in the No. 1 spot to six straight weeks, even though Manny Ramirez was suspended seven weeks ago. Only nine games are left before the Dodgers will welcome Ramirez back to the lineup on July 3, but in his place Juan Pierre has been stellar, hitting .337 with a .392 on-base percentage.

Following the Red Sox at No. 2, the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers round out the top five. The No. 3 Cardinals made the second largest jump of the week, rising five spots after winning five of six games against Detroit and Kansas City.

One of our panelists, Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com, wrote the comments below. Meanwhile, you can rank the teams yourself.

Tune in to "Baseball Tonight" every Monday on ESPN to see the week's U.S. Army Power Rankings. After taking five of six games from the Mets and the Phillies, the Baltimore Orioles are the U.S. Army Team of the Week. They climbed six spots, from No. 28 to No. 22.

2009 Power Rankings: June 22
	RK (LW)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Dodgers	46-24	James Loney only has four home runs, but he's 10th in the NL in RBIs with 45.
	2 (2)	Red Sox	42-27	David Ortiz hit .292 (14-for-48) with four home runs, three doubles and 10 RBIs in June.
	3 (8)	Cardinals	39-31	Albert Pujols has hit eight home runs in 10 games, while the Cardinals have won eight of 11.
	4 (4)	Yankees	38-31	Alex Rodriguez hit .145 (8-for-55) with two home runs and nine RBIs in June.
	5 (7)	Tigers	38-31	Since April 27, Justin Verlander is 8-1 and has improved his ERA from 9.00 to 3.31.
$Texas Rangers$	6 (5)	Rangers	37-31	Rookie Elvis Andrus has committed 10 errors, the second most among MLB shortstops.
	7 (11)	Angels	36-31	Vladimir Guerrero (393) and Bobby Abreu (244) have 637 career combined home runs, but only four (three from Abreu) in 351 AB this year.
	8 (10)	Rays	37-34	The Rays have won eight of their past 11 to heat up the races in the AL East and among AL wild-card contenders.
	9 (3)	Phillies	36-31	At home the Phillies are 13-22, the worst over the first 35 games for a defending World Series champion.
	10 (6)	Brewers	37-32	Yovani Gallardo has walked 32 batters in 54 innings over his past nine outings.
	11 (9)	Giants	37-31	Pablo Sandoval is hitting .415 (27-for-65) in June, and the Giants are 18-9 since May 23.
	12 (15)	Cubs	34-31	The Cubs, 14th in the NL in runs scored, have scored 26 runs during their four-game winning streak.
	13 (12)	Blue Jays	38-33	The Blue Jays will play nine games in a row at home, where they are 21-13 this year.
	14 (13)	Mets	34-33	Fernando Nieve (2-0) is the only Mets starter with more than one victory since May 29.
	15 (16)	Rockies	36-33	The Rockies have won 16 of 17 and are 18-5 since the arrival of Jim Tracy as manager May 29.
	16 (14)	Twins	35-36	Catcher Joe Mauer, who hit .407, has failed to get a hit in just seven of 46 games.
	17 (17)	Reds	34-34	The Reds are 3-3 in their past six games, 3-3 against West rivals, 17-17 at home and 17-17 on the road.
	18 (19)	Marlins	35-36	Hanley Ramirez hit a home run Sunday against the Yankees, his first since May 21.
	19 (20)	Mariners	35-34	The Mariners are playing above .500 for the first time since May 7.
	20 (18)	Braves	32-36	Starters Javier Vazquez, Jair Jurrjens and Derek Lowe are a combined 1-7 in June as the Braves have lost 11 of their past 18 games.
	21 (21)	White Sox	33-36	The White Sox are 14-14 against their divisional rivals, but 12-18 against the rest.
	22 (28)	Orioles	32-37	The Orioles are riding a five-game winning streak and have improved to 9-3 in interleague games.
	23 (25)	Astros	32-35	Wandy Rodriguez. who beat Minnesota on Sunday, had been winless since May 20.
	24 (22)	Pirates	31-38	The Pirates lead the NL with 19 triples, including five in 17 games for rookie Andrew McCutchen.
	25 (24)	Athletics	30-38	The Athletics have scored 45 runs in their past 17 games for an average of 3.1 runs per game.
	27 (26)	Royals	29-39	The Royals have allowed 53 runs in their past five games, all losses, after limiting the opposition to nine runs in their previous five.
	27 (27)	Padres	30-38	The Padres are 6-26 in interleague games since June 20, 2007.
	28 (23)	Indians	29-42	After a 3-0 shutout over St. Louis on June 14, the Indians have lost six straight games.
	29 (29)	Diamondbacks	29-41	Justin Upton has hit .344 with 11 home runs and 34 RBIs since May 1.
	30 (30)	Nationals	20-47	The Nationals had won four straight games, their best streak since September 2008, before losing to Toronto on Sunday.