After the Angels score the potential winning run in the top of the inning of an eventual 5-4 victory over the Rays, Francisco Rodriguez pitches a perfect ninth to record his 48th save, establishing a new franchise record. The right-handed closer had set the previous team mark with 47 saves in 2006.

In a match-up of the two 5-0 teams in the 2008 Olympics, South Korea beats Cuba, 7 – 4. A two-run single by Young-min Ko and two-run throwing error by reliever Norberto González are the big blows.

Hideaki Wakui faces the minimum 21 batters in a pitching gem over the Chinese national team in a 10 – 0, 7-inning mercy rule win by Japan. Tsuyoshi Nishioka goes 3 for 3 with 3 RBI.

Team USA beats Taiwan, 4 – 2, as Dexter Fowler drives in 2, scores one, doubles and triples. Taiwan is eliminated from medal contention.

Canada gets its second win with a 4 – 0 shutout of the Netherlands. Brooks McNiven and three relievers team up on a two-hit gem while Shairon Martis falls to 0-2 in the Olympics.

Not wanting to be a distraction to the team, B.J. Upton apologizes to the Rays for a “mental lapse” on the bases in which he was thrown out at second base on what many believed should have been an easy double. The 23 year-old center fielder has been benched three times in the past two weeks for not hustling for his first-place club.

The Nationals lose their 11th consecutive game, dropping a 5-4 decision to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The streak is the team’s longest skid since they moved to Washington from Montreal prior to the 2005 season.

Kevin Gracie, an Ellicott City, Maryland native, becomes the 50 millionth fan to attend a game at Oriole Park. As a result, the 24 year-old second-year University of Baltimore law student wins five years worth of season tickets as well as a cash prize of $50,000.

The Nationals lose their 11th consecutive game, dropping a 5-4 decision to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The streak is the team’s longest skid since they moved to Washington from Montreal prior to the 2005 season.