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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim closer Francisco Rodriguez has recorded his 57th save of the season, tying Bobby Thigpen’s major league record of most saves in a season as the Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners by a score of 7 to 4. Having already clinched the AL West title on Wednesday, this would be another monumental milestone for the club as K-Rod has just 16 games left to break Thigpen’s record.

Replacing Scot Shields in the 9th inning, Francisco Rodriguez forced Ichiro Suzuki to ground into a double play. He recorded the last out of the game on a Raul Ibanez broken-bat ground ball to first base, but not before the Mariners got another run off a Jeremy Reed RBI single.

This save gives K-Rod 203 in his career, and at the young age of 26, who knows how many he’ll end up with by the time he retires?