The Sports Report 8/20/08

8/20/08 – Sports Report

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Baseball – 11-4 (27-11-71%)
Football – 0-0 (0-0)

National Football League
· St. Louis Rams RB Stephen Jackson has ended his holdout and is expected to sign a new contract soon.

National Basketball Association
· Oaklahoma City waived F Donyell Marshall.
· The Philadelphia 76er’s sign C Theo Ratliff. Terms were not disclosed.
· The Dallas Mavericcs re-sign Devean George to a 2 year $4,000,000 contract.

Major League Baseball
· In the American League…
· Minnesota def. Oakland 3-1. Joe Nathan (Min) got his 34th save.
· MY WHITE SOX def. Seattle 15-3. Gavin Floyd (CWS) got his 13th win of the season (13-6). Ken Griffey Jr. (CWS) tied Sammy Sosa on all time home run list (609) with his 1st homer in Chicago and 16th of the year. Nick Swisher (CWS) hit his 20th homer of the year, as did Raul Ibanez (Sea).
· Baltimore def. Boston 11-6. Melvin Mora (Bal) hit his 21st homer of the year.
· Cleveland def. Kansas City 8-5. Jhonny Peralta (Cle) hit his 20th homer of the year and Kelly Stoppach (Cle) hit two homers as well (13,14).
· The Yankees def. Toronto 5-1. Andy Pettitte (NYY) got his 13th win of the season (13-9).
· The Angels def. Tampa Bay 5-4. Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) got his 48th save of the year.
· Texas def. Detroit 9-1. Milton Bradley (Tex) hit his 21st homer of the year. Josh Hamilton (Tex) hit his 29th homer of the year. Travis Metcalf (Tex) hit two homers in the game (3,4).

· In the National League…
· Milwaukee def. Houston 5-2.
· Philadelphia def. Washington 4-0.
· The Mets def. Atlanta 6-3. David Wright (NYM) hit his 24th homer of the year.
· Cincinnati def. Chicago 2-1.
· St. Louis def. Pittsburgh 11-2. Rick Ankiel (STL) hit his 24th homer of the year. Todd Wellemeyer (STL) got his 11th win of the year (11-4).
· Arizona def. San Diego 8-6. Dan Haren (AZ) got his 14th win of the year (14-6). Adam Dunn (AZ) hit his 34th homer of the year.
· Colorado def. The Dodgers 4-3.
· San Francisco def. Florida 6-5.

· The Playoff Races…
· The AL East is still lead by Tampa Bay by 4 ½ games over Boston.
· The AL Central is led by MY WHITE SOX by 1 game over Minnesota.
· The AL West is led by The Angels by 15 ½ games over Texas.
· Boston holds the AL Wild Card at this point over Minnesota or MY WHITE SOX.

· The NL East is led by The Mets by 1 ½ games over Philadelphia.
· The NL Central is led by The Cubs by 5 games over Milwaukee.
· The NL West is led by Arizona by 2 games over The Dodgers.
· Milwaukee holds the NL Wild Card at this point over St. Louis.

Pro Wrestling
· The WWE reports that the ECW on Sci-Fi show did a 1.5 rating which was up from last weeks 1.2 rating.
· Gail Kim has been removed from the TNA Roster. Is she quitting or has she been fired?