Sunday's Iowa 250 notes: There was a lot of buzz this week about the possibility that Danica Patrick could make a move to NASCAR in 2010 -- even though she's never won an IndyCar race on American soil.

New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia left the game against the Florida Marlins in the second inning Sunday with tightness in his left bicep.

The championship party has some familiar participants. LSU and Texas, who have combined for 11 national titles, will square off in what should be a memorable CWS, Dennis Dodd says.

Albert Pujols finished off a three-day romp in Kansas City with two homers and six RBI, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rout the Royals 12-5 on Sunday in win No. 2,500 for manager Tony La Russa.

Nick Green homered just inside the right-field foul pole on the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth to give the Boston Red Sox a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

On the verge of elimination, the United States came up with its best performance at a major international tournament in seven years. Charlie Davies scored in the first half, and Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey added goals to lead the U.S. over Egypt 3-0 Sunday and into the semifinals of the Confederations Cup.

Brian Roberts had the decisive hit for the second straight game, a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep of the slumping Philadelphia Phillies with a 2-1 victory Sunday.

New York Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett's suspension for throwing high and tight to Texas' Nelson Cruz was reduced to five games from six and began with Sunday's series finale against the Florida Marlins.

OK, so not all of these guys fall into sleeper territory. But Rob Rang rates Everette Brown and Patrick Chung among slightly lesser known rookie defensive talent on impact fast track.