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HAMPTON, Ga. -- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. hardly felt guilty after sneaking away with his fourth Nationwide victory of the year. "Heck, yeah, we stole it," he said. "Weve had a few stolen from us, so you go out and get as many as you can." Stenhouse used a late push from runner-up Brad Keselowski to pass Kevin Harvick and win at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday night. After a restart with three laps to go, Harvick lost the lead on the final lap as his car got loose coming out of Turn 2 and, Stenhouse, who was bumped by Keselowski on the front straightaway, went ahead for good in Turn 3. "It was good, hard, clean racing, and Im glad that we could put on a show for fans because it really wasnt a show up until that point," Stenhouse said. "It was a great night and fun racing with Kevin there." Stenhouse, the defending series champion, moved within 12 points of leader Elliott Sadler. Keselowski got into a heated argument after the race with Harvick, who accused him of throwing a water bottle out of his car to cause an earlier caution flag. Harvick, who led 157 of the 195 laps, failed to win a Nationwide race for the eighth time when leading the most laps. "The run was really good, but obviously it wasnt what NASCAR wanted so we kept throwing cautions for things," Harvick said. "The car that caused the caution pushed the car that won the race by us and we werent able to get by him, but what can you do?" As he and Keselowski sat side by side speaking with reporters after the race, neither driver backed down from his stance. Harvick blamed Keselowski for tossing the water bottle and causing a caution that led the field catch up. "Its pretty obvious," Harvick said. "He told me after the race that hed never thrown a water bottle out, and you know what that means. He told me it was intentional. It is what is," Harvick added before turning to Keselowski and muttering, So, sleep good. " Keselowski stared straight ahead as Harvick spoke, and he later was absolved when the only infraction NASCAR charged him with was for speeding as he entered the pits on lap 51. "If that water bottle wouldve been the cause for the yellow, it went out of my car 15 or 20 laps before the yellow came out," Keselowski said. "I dont know specifically what lap it was. I guess thats why I was caught off guard that the water bottle caused it. I dont know why the yellows come out. The yellows come out all the time in the race without an explanation." Sadler finished fourth, followed by Justin Allgaier, Austin Dillion, pole winner Kyle Busch, Cole Whitt, Sam Hornish Jr. and Michael Annett. Danica Patrick, making her first Nationwide start in Atlanta, finished 13th. After a red flag came out following a wreck that took out James Buescher, Mike Bliss and Kyle Fowler, there were 20 cars sidelined from the 43-car field. Stenhouse said before the race that he was surprised that his Ford didnt win the pole, but after the race he credited crew chief Mike Kelley with continuing to tighten the car on pit stops and giving him enough power to beat Harvicks No. 33 Chevrolet on the final restart. "Ive been doing this for 25 years, and many times at the end of the race youre frustrated, the driver is frustrated and the team is frustrated because you dont get the best adjustment," said Jack Rousch, owner of Stenhouses No. 6 Mustang. "And all night tonight, for the three stops we had, Mike Kelley dictated great changes, as good a changes as Ive seen in 25 years." Busch, the Nationwide career leader with 51 victories, has had a frustrating weekend after finishing second in the Truck race Friday night. Hes winless in the Nationwide series this year, but won a pole for the first time in his own Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 54 Toyota. Hornish, in third place, dropped 32 points behind Sadler in the series race. Dillon is fourth, 37 points out. Authentic Peterson Jersey . Correia pitched six solid innings and Presley had two hits and scored three runs as Pittsburgh beat the Houston Astros 6-3 on Wednesday night to gain ground in the wild-card race. Peterson Jersey . Louis Cardinals at Nationals Park. Washington stayed alive in dramatic fashion on Thursday, as Jayson Werth belted a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Nationals to a dramatic 2-1 victory. "Its what you play all season for and what you work out all winter for and what you get to spring training early for," said Werth of the winner-take-all showdown. http://www.azulvirtual.org/new.html . Two-time former winner Ana Ivanovic also advanced with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Monica Niculescu of Romania. Coming off her win in Beijing, Azarenka dominated the match from the start as Rus looked overwhelmed. The Dutch player double-faulted eight times and won only two points on her serve in the opening set. MONTREAL -- Canadian welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre now knows when hell get a shot at Nick Diaz. St-Pierre will face the former Strikeforce champion at the Bell Centre on March 16 in UFC 158, promoter Dana White confirmed Saturday. "Theres been a lot of talk about who I should fight next but this was really the only choice for me," said the Montreal native in a statement. "Hes made it personal and I personally cant wait." St-Pieerre and Diaz were originally set to meet in October 2011 but Diaz was dropped from the fight for failing to show up for a pair of news conferences.dddddddddddd He was replaced by Carlos Condit, who beat Diaz in February for the interim title after St-Pierre injured his knee in training. St-Pierre (23-2) beat Condit by unanimous decision in Montreal last month and has put a proposed super-fight with Anderson Silva aside to face Diaz (27-8-1). ' ' '