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RANDY HAUGEN: Bobby Jenks on streak

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on baseball. Bobby Jenks hightailed it out of the White Sox clubhouse about as fast as he's been setting down batters lately. The

Chicago

closer retired the side in the ninth Friday night in the White Sox 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners, his 33rd save in 38 chances. He's set down 38 straight batters, tying David Wells' American League record set in 1998 with the New York Yankees. It's the fourth-longest streak in major league history.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Who Got Bonds 756th ball

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on Barry Bonds. Matt Murphy's stopover in

San Francisco

included a pretty wild ride, and it wasn't on a cable car. The 21-year-old college student who grew up near Shea Stadium emerged from a mad scramble at

AT&T

Park

on Tuesday night with a bloodied face and the city's most-prized souvenir: the ball from Barry Bonds' record 756th home run. "I won the lottery," Murphy told The Daily News in a story posted on its Web site Wednesday. "I'm scraped up but nothing serious." Murphy said the ball was "under lock and key." "I'm going to be smart about what I do with it," he said. "Funny enough, I'm only keeping 51 percent of what the ball brings." Murphy said the rest would go to a friend who went with him to the game, wearing an Alex Rodriguez jersey.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Wake Forest gets new coach

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on

Wake

Forest

. Dino Gaudio has taken over for Skip Prosser before. More than two decades ago, Gaudio replaced Prosser at a parochial high school in

West Virginia

and eventually led that team to a state title. On Wednesday,

Wake

Forest

chose Gaudio to again take Prosser's place, this time to replace his late mentor in the cutthroat Atlantic Coast Conference. "Just like this situation, he left me good players," Gaudio said. "Following him was a terrific tribute. He laid the foundation, set the table and it all worked out, and I hope the same thing happens here."

Wake

Forest

athletic director Ron Wellman, who signed Gaudio to a five-year contract, praised the 50-year-old Gaudio for his strength during the two weeks of grieving that followed Prosser's July 26 death from an apparent heart attack. While making such a long-term commitment to a coach with a career record of 68-124 might appear unusual, Wellman said he never considered hiring an interim coach.

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RANDY HAUGEN: Cubs pull ahead

Randy Haugen's focus on sports information is on baseball. The Chicago Cubs are going places. Matt Murton raced home on a bases-loaded wild pitch in the ninth inning Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, sending the Cubs to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies and to the top of the NL Central. The Cubs, who were 8 1/2 games behind on June 23, finally overcame the Brewers.

Chicago

's win, coupled with the Mets' 8-5 win at

Milwaukee

, puts the Cubs a percentage point ahead of the Brewers. "You can't make too much out of it on the first of August," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "We've got a lot of baseball to play. We can't get caught up in it."

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RANDY HAUGEN: Bowden wants title