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Power Rankings: Dodgers find a home at No. 1

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The Los Angeles Dodgers, who set a franchise record Sunday with their 10th straight victory at home, have also found a home atop the MLB Power Rankings.

The Dodgers, ranked No. 2 a week ago, went 5-2 for the week, with the past four victories coming at Dodger Stadium. They are followed by the St. Louis Cardinals, who rose two spots this week to No. 2, and the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays at No. 3. Last week's No. 1 team, the Boston Red Sox, fell to No. 4 after going 3-4 for the week.

The team comments below were written by one of our panelists, Enrique Rojas of ESPNdeportes.com. Meanwhile, you can rank the teams yourself.

Tune into "Baseball Tonight" every Monday on ESPN to see the week's U.S. Army Power Rankings. The Milwaukee Brewers are the U.S. Army Team of the Week; winning five of seven games for the week, the Brewers climbed eight spots to No. 14.

2009 Power Rankings: May 4
	RK (LW)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (2)	Dodgers	18-8	Hot at home: Orlando Hudson is hitting .475 with a 1.318 OPS at Dodger Stadium.
	2 (4)	Cardinals	17-8	All-around aces: The Cards are second in the majors in ERA (3.57) and tied for fifth in runs scored (140).
	3 (3)	Blue Jays	18-9	Marco Scutaro is third in the AL in runs scored (24) and second in walks (24).
	4 (1)	Red Sox	15-10	The Red Sox are in the mix in the AL East even without Big Papi's bat (.208, 0 HR).
	5 (6)	Mariners	15-10	Felix Hernandez, Erik Bedard and Jarrod Washburn have combined to go 9-2 for the Mariners, who lead the AL in ERA (3.60).
	6 (8)	Phillies	12-10	Raul Ibanez (.360, 8 HR, 21 RBI) is the leader of a Philly run-scoring machine.
	7 (10)	Yankees	13-11	The Yankees' offense (142 runs) overshadows the pitching failures (5.93 ERA).
	8 (5)	Marlins	14-11	Jeremy Hermida went 1-for-12 with seven K's as the Marlins lost three of four to the Cubs.
	9 (9)	Tigers	13-11	A couple of good outings for Justin Verlander (2-2) have given the Tigers some life.
	10 (17)	Royals	14-11	Zack Greinke (5-0, 0.50) is the ace of an amazing Royals pitching staff (3.77 ERA).
	11 (11)	Cubs	13-11	If Carlos Zambrano (hamstring) is out for a long time, Chicago will have serious problems.
	12 (14)	Reds	13-11	Johnny Cueto (2-1, 1.65 ERA) is the leader of a pitching staff that already has five shutouts.
	13 (16)	White Sox	12-12	Mark Buehrle (4-0, 3.30 ERA) is pitching like he did in 2005, when the White Sox were World Series champions.
	14 (22)	Brewers	13-12	Trevor Hoffman debuted big with three saves and four scoreless innings.
	15 (20)	Giants	12-11	With the help of their pitching (3.68 ERA), San Francisco has won nine of the past 12 games.
	16 (12)	Braves	11-13	Atlanta has little power (19 home runs), but even less speed (four stolen bases).
	17 (19)	Twins	12-13	Although the Twins lost two of three over the weekend, Joe Mauer has gone 7-for-10 since his return to the lineup.
$Texas Rangers$	18 (21)	Rangers	12-12	Andruw Jones has three homers in 14 games after hitting three in all of 2008 with the Dodgers.
	19 (7)	Pirates	12-12	The Pirates are the MLB leaders in ERA (3.49), but have been held scoreless four times.
	20 (15)	Mets	10-13	Johan Santana and Mike Pelfrey have combined to go 6-1, but the rest of the rotation is just 3-6.
	21 (18)	Rays	11-15	The Rays, averaging 4.9 runs per game, are only getting a .228 batting average from the leadoff spot.
	22 (23)	Angels	10-13	Bobby Abreu has yet to hit a home run, but he's batting .356 with 11 stolen bases and 12 RBIs.
	23 (27)	Diamondbacks	11-14	The Diamondbacks' leader in both victories and ERA is reliever Tony Pena (3-0, 1.42 ERA).
	24 (13)	Padres	11-14	Adrian Gonzalez (.315, 9 HR, 20 RBI) has been the team's only offensive bright spot.
	25 (24)	Athletics	9-13	Matt Holliday (.233, 2 HR, 15 RBI) could be traded even before the July 31 deadline.
	26 (26)	Indians	9-16	The Indians' ERA (5.80) is better than only the Yankees' in the major leagues.
	27 (29)	Astros	11-14	Things are looking up for the Astros, who have won five of their past seven games.
	28 (28)	Rockies	9-14	Too close: The Rockies are 0-7 in one-run games and 9-7 in every other game.
	29 (25)	Orioles	9-16	Brian Roberts has gone 3-for-26 (.115) during the Orioles' six-game losing streak.
	30 (30)	Nationals	6-17	Not all is bad for the Nats: Right-hander Shairon Martis is 3-0.