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Dodgers and Reds ride strong weeks to top 10 as Rays hold No. 1

Just as the Dodgers reach the cusp of a single-digit power ranking, they hurt a pair of digits that kept them from making the leap. Los Angeles' nine-game winning streak was halted Wednesday night, a few days after right fielder Andre Ethier broke the tip of his right pinkie finger and a few hours after left fielder Manny Ramirez was a late lineup scratch, apparently having injured his toe while stretching. Yep, stretching. It's a classic case of Manny Being Manny, as he was loosening his legs and swung his left foot into a training room table, injuring his pinkie toe. Though Ramirez hasn't homered in more than a month, he's hitting .352 with a .473 on-base percentage. Ethier, meanwhile, was atop the Triple Crown categories at the time of his fracture, leading the National League in average (.392) and RBIs (38) and tying for first in home runs (11).

The Reds, meanwhile, have become the masters of winning by a skinny digit. Cincinnati leads the majors with 10 victories by a single run, three of them coming in their recent 9-1 stretch. And so baseball's hottest two teams -- and power rankings' fastest risers -- are the Dodgers and Reds, both of whom crack the Top 10, the first such appearance this season for L.A. and Cincinnati's first since the inaugural rankings on April 15.

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