to be a reason why. I dont know if hes bitter. Maybe they want to get us kicked out and have a job there, Im not sure. He has to have a reason.I am upset about losing at the time (in June), o

ATLANTA -- When he was pitching in the minor leagues earlier this month, Josh Collmenter didnt envision himself beating the Washington Nationals.He stayed focused, though, and got another chance in the major leagues with the NL-worst Atlanta Braves, who backed him up with timely hitting.Nick Markakis and Anthony Recker each drove in two runs, Collmenter won as an emergency starter and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Saturday.Aside from the two balls that left the yard, I feel good about most of my stuff, Collmenter said.Washington began the day needing a combination of six Nationals victories or six New York Mets losses to clinch its third NL East title in five years.Acquired Wednesday from the Chicago Cubs, Collmenter (2-0) struck out eight in five innings and allowed two runs, four hits and three walks. He was Arizonas opening-day starter last year and was making his first big league start since July 7, 2015 for Arizona.Collmenter had four starts at Triple-A Iowa before the trade. Atlanta needed a starter because Mike Foltynewicz has a bruised left calf and Williams Perez has an elbow impingement.Washington rookie Trea Turner hit a pair of solo home runs, is 7 for 9 in the series and has six homers, 16 RBI, 19 runs and seven steals in 12 games against Atlanta this year.The Nationals wasted a chance to rattle Collmenter in the second when he walked three of the first four batters but struck out Turner to escape the jam. Collmenter also stranded a runner at third in the third.I was able to retire him and, for the most part, kept them stringing some hits together and limit the walks, Collmenter said.Atlanta scored three runs in the fifth for a 6-2 lead against Gio Gonzalez (11-10). Markakis RBI single chased Gonzalez, Trevor Gott gave up Reckers RBI single and Gordon Beckhams bases-loaded walk.The Braves have won just 12 of the last 48 games in the series and their 29 losses to Washington since the start of 2015 are Atlantas most against one opponent in a two-year span.Maybe the law of averages were on their side to win one today, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.Gonzalez allowed six runs and nine hits, dropping to 0-1 with a 7.11 ERA in four starts against Atlanta this season.I got beat by a lot of singles, Gonzalez said. Some were by just inches. It was one of those unfortunate things. You want to show you can pitch in this rotation, and it was the way todays game went.ROTATION TURNSTILEAtlanta has used a big-league high 16 starters, a team record. The 1975 Braves used 15.HITTING MACHINEWashington 2B Daniel Murphy hit his NL-leading 47th double in the third to tie Ryan Zimmermans franchise record in 2006. 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Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats.Michael Cheika believes Eddie Jones has manufactured a chip on his shoulder against Australia in a bid to create a siege mentality with England.Former Wallabies boss Jones claimed he felt disrespected in his homeland of Australia when coaching England to a three-nil Test series victory in June.The England boss has stood by those claims this week as his side gears up to host the Wallabies at Twickenham on Saturday. Friends and former Randwick team-mates Cheika and Jones have traded verbal volleys all week, and now the Australia boss has rounded on his Wallabies predecessor once again.He has always operated with a chip on his shoulder and now there isnt a chip and things are going well hes got to keep looking for one, said Cheika of England boss Jones, who coached Australia to the 2003 World Cup final. He is very respected in Australia, I dont know where that comes from, the disrespect.He is just geeing up. He is a good Australian coach who took Australia to a World Cup final when we didnt expect to go fantastic. He is respected for that, he certainly is by me as a former team-mate of his, and I think you saw when he was in Australia that he got a lot of respect.Former Wallabies full-back Glen Ella acted as a skills coach under Jones for Englands Test series whitewash of Australia in June.Ella this weeek claimed Cheika was still having nightmares about the summer series - and that has led the Australia boss to hit back.dddddddddddd nonplussed Cheika suggested Ella wants England to beat Australia, even claiming the 57-year-old could be eyeing a future coaching job with the Wallabies.Its funny, everyone is up the front of the bus when they have had a win, said Cheika when quizzed on Ellas comments. A guy like Glen in particular is always up the front for a hand-out when he has had a win, but when it is tough and you have to run uphill, I have not seen that bloke or a few of those blokes around.I dont think Glen is working with England anymore, so any Aussie who would support England against Australia, especially a guy who has played for the Wallabies, theres got to be a reason why. I dont know if hes bitter. Maybe they want to get us kicked out and have a job there, Im not sure. He has to have a reason.I am upset about losing at the time (in June), of course. You get over it and for the year as a whole we have improved. We are going well and we will work on our things. When the bigger tournaments come around we will see if the plan has worked out or not for both sides. ' ' '