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Baseball Update:
Francisco Rodriguez tied Bobby Thigpen's single season saves record of 57 after the Angels took out the Mariners, 7-4. Jered Weaver pitched six scoreless innings for the Halos.

Ryan Howard hit his major league leading 43rd homerun while Jame Moyer gave the Phils just enough in their 6-3 win over the Brewers. The win cut Milwaukee's Wild Card lead down to three while allowing the Phils to gain a half a game in the NL East.

The Brewers were dealt another hard blow on Wednesday when Gabe Kapler injured his shoulder making a throw to the plate. The torn muscle could end Kapler's season early.

The Phillies are tied with Houston in the Wild Card standings after Roy Oswalt pitched his second consecutive complete game shut out. Oswalt also knocked in two runs as the Astros defeated the Pirates, 6-0.

Rich Harden didn't skip a beat after missing his last few starts, allowing two runs over six innings in the Cubs 3-2 edging of the Cardinals. The Cubs flew back to Chicago as they wait out Hurricane Ike. The team was scheduled to play a three game series against the Astros in Houston, however the first two games have been postponed in advance of the storm arriving on shore, leaving Sunday's game also in question.

Both the Twins and White failed to capitalize on Thursday. Minnesota's offense was unable to provide enough runs to salvage Francisco Liriano's great start, falling to the Royals, 3-2 (10). And the White Sox were outslugged by the Blue Jays in the eighth inning in their 6-4 loss.

The Braves scored five runs in the sixth on their way to a 8-4 ripping of the Rockies. The win gave Atlanta a sweep. Holy crap, they've won three in a row!

According to Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees made a lot of mistakes this season. Like not getting Johan Santana and instead chosing to hold onto the impressive trio of Ian Kennedy, Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain, if they ever decide to stay physcially and mentally healthy.

Junichi Tazawa, described as a Japanese flame thrower, is hoping to make his mark in American baseball.

Baseball started in England?

Nascar Update:
The Chase officially begins when the green flag drops in New Hampshire on Sunday. Clint Bowyer surprised everyone by winning his first Cup race at this very event last season. Can he do it again? Or will someone else cross the start finish line at the Sylvania 300 first? Tuen into ABC at 1 PM/est to find out.

The Nascar Top 12 were at Letterman on Wednesday. Click here to see the Top 12 list.

Click here to listen to Tony Stewart on the Dan Patrick Show.

News&Notes: Hurricane Ike has wrecked havoc on sports this weekend. Not only was the first two games of the Astros/Cubs series postponed, but Sunday's Texans/Ravens game has been moved to Monday night...TO's talking about Donavan McNabb. Oh it's just like old times...Rutgers got hammered by UNC, 44-12. That's going to hurt their fundraising efforts for sure...The Hurricanes locked up Eric Staal for an additional seven years and it's only going to cost them $57.75 million...Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko has been cleared by the ATP to play again...Ferrari has signed Kimi Raikkonen through 2010.

Check this out: Tony Romo is a man of many talents. He can throw, he can scramble, he can drink from tiny pepsi bottles and apparently he can change a flat tire. Click here for the full story.