This weekend brought a few big series across MLB, with some teams picking up important wins while others struggled to stay consistent. A few clubs looked sharp across all three games, while others had trouble scoring enough or keeping games under control. Here’s a look at the biggest winners and losers from this past weekend.

Winner: Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox had one of their best weekends of the season, sweeping the Yankees with a +9 run differential across all three games. Boston scored 15 total runs while allowing just 6, getting enough offense to control the series without needing huge numbers. The lineup finished with 22 hits, a .234 team batting average, and 3 home runs, which was enough to back up one of their stronger pitching weekends.

The pitching staff was the biggest difference. Boston allowed only 2 total runs over the first two games, which gave the offense plenty of room to take control early in the series. Even when the finale tightened up, the Red Sox had already done enough to finish off the sweep. Taking three straight from the Yankees is always a big deal, and this weekend gave Boston a major boost.

Loser: Toronto Blue Jays

The Blue Jays had a frustrating weekend against the Rangers, getting swept with a -5 run differential across the series. Toronto scored 10 total runs, and even though the offense had moments, it was not consistent enough to flip close games. The Blue Jays finished with 25 hits, a .238 team batting average, and 4 home runs, but too much of that production came in scattered spots.

What made the weekend worse was how close the games were. Toronto lost by one run twice and stayed within reach throughout the series, but they could not come up with enough timely hitting or shutdown innings to change the outcome. The pitching staff did not completely fall apart, but it allowed Texas to keep answering back, and that made every missed opportunity on offense feel even bigger.

Winner: Tampa Bay Rays

The Rays put together one of the cleanest weekends in baseball, sweeping the Diamondbacks with a +11 run differential across the three games. Tampa Bay allowed just 4 runs, controlling the series from start to finish. The offense finished with 24 hits and showed plenty of power, hitting 7 home runs across the weekend.

The pitching staff made sure that production held up. Tampa Bay allowed only 1 run Friday, 2 runs Saturday, and 1 run Sunday, never letting Arizona build any real momentum. When a team gives up only four runs over a full series, it takes pressure off the offense and makes every lead feel bigger. This was the kind of complete weekend that shows how dangerous the Rays can be when both sides are working.

Loser: Atlanta Braves

The Braves had a disappointing weekend against the Giants, losing two of three and finishing with a -4 run differential. Atlanta scored just 5 total runs across the series, collecting only 15 hits and failing to hit a home run. After winning the opener, the offense went quiet, getting shut out Saturday before scoring only two runs in the finale.

The pitching was not the main issue, especially with the games staying close for most of the weekend. The bigger problem was that the Braves did not give themselves enough margin offensively. When a team scores five runs in three games and gets almost no power production, even solid pitching stretches are not enough. For a team near the top of the NL East, this was a weekend where the bats simply did not do enough.