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WASHINGTON -- A pair of 22-year-old rookies each making their third start will face off when the Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves meet Saturday night in the second of three games.Right hander Rob Whalen (1-0, 5.73 ERA) will try to continue Atlantas impressive stretch while Washington counters with right hander Reynaldo Lopez (0-1, 9.35 ERA). Both will be facing their opponent for the first time.The Braves (44-72) snapped a 14-game losing streak at Nationals Park with an 8-5 win on Friday night, handing Stephen Strasburg just his third loss of the season.Atlanta has won 7 of its last 10 games and improved to 5-3 on their current road trip. Looking at a larger sample, the Braves are 26-26 in their past 52 games.Weve been playing good for I think the last 55, 60 games, first baseman Freddie Freeman said. Obviously we got off to a pretty rough start the first couple of months, but this team has really turned it around the last two months and were trying to end strong.With 12 games left against the Nationals, Freeman might have a lot to say about that.After struggling against them during the first weeks of the season, he resumed his history of success versus the Nationals on Friday, going 2-for-3 with a three-run homer, RBI double, a walk and a hit-by-pitch.It was too much Freddie Freeman, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.In 92 career games against the Nationals, hes hitting .327 with 26 doubles, 11 homers and 49 RBI.The Atlanta offense as a whole continued its recent surge with Anthony Recker adding a two-run homer and Jace Peterson a solo shot.Our offense is kind of spread out lately, manager Brian Snitker said. With Matt (Kemp in the lineup) and Erick (Aybar) hitting up at number 2, it kind of lengthens our offense and gives us a little more sock down at the bottom.Over their last 17 games, the Braves are hitting .286 with 54 extra-base hits (34 doubles, three triples and 17 home runs) and 80 runs scored.First-place Washington (67-47) fell to 1/3 without Bryce Harper, whose neck stiffness continues to keep him out of the lineup.Nationals GM Mike Rizzo told reporters that a story Friday by Sports Illustrateds Tom Verducci reporting that Harper has been playing through a right shoulder injury for the past two months is wrong and that Harper has a stiff neck.Jayson Werths RBI-double extended his on-base streak to 41 games Friday night, while Anthony Rendon (home run) and Trea Turner (three hits) stayed hot.Since July 16, Rendon is hitting .333 (26 for 78) with nine doubles, five homers, 17 RBI and 12 runs scored in 21 games. Meanwhile, the 23-year-old Turner has hit safely in 17 of 22 games since the All-Star break, raising his average to .301.On Friday as Washington was beginning a streak of 20 games in 20 days, Baker used four relievers after Strasburg threw 103 pitches in 5 1/3 innings while allowing six runs.You dont want to start a 20-in-a-row streak getting deep in your bullpen because that could domino effect tomorrow and the next day and the next day, Baker said. Thats why we tried to stick with him as long as we could.Cheap Jerseys . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Wholesale NHL Jerseys . Darren Helm scored on Detroits sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaws shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. http://www.jerseysnhlfromchina.us/ . 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On a day filled mostly with qualifying matches, fifth-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain also entered the second with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia, while Guido Pella of Argentina defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 6-4 to advance.Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada became the first player to scoop six awards at CSAs annual dinner, including the coveted South African cricketer of the year prize, surpassing AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla, who had previously won five each. Not only is Rabada the only player to notch up that many awards, but he is also the youngest to win the main prize. The only major award Rabada did not win was the T20 cricketer of the year, which went to legspinner Imran Tahir. In his first full international season, the 2015-16 summer, which was a largely underwhelming period for South Africas mens team, Rabada racked up the second-best match figures by a South African in Test and ODI cricket. His 13 for 144 against England at Centurion in January has only been bettered by Makhaya Ntini, who took 13 for 132 in Port of Spain in 2005, while Rabadas 6 for 16 on ODI debut against Bangladesh in July last year, a performance which also included a hat-trick, was only surpassed by Imran Tahir, who took 7 for 45 against West Indies in June 2015.That Rabada managed all of this in a time when South Africa were also without two of their experienced seamers - Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander were both injured for large parts of the previous summer - only added to Rabadas achievement. With injuries to our main fast bowlers during this past year, he has had to step up and lead the attack. How brilliantly has he done that, Haroon Lorgat, CSA CEO said.Rabadas performance also earned the players and fans choice awards. He shared sppeckles of the limelight with Tahir, whose 16 T20 wickets this year put him on top of the South African pile in the format, and batsman Stephen Cook.dddddddddddd Despite only playing one international in the 2015-16 season, a Test against England, Cook won the international newcomer of the year award for his century on debut in the only Test South Africa won in the season.This may not have been the best year for the Proteas in a team sense but there have been some great individual performances, especially from newcomers to the side, Lograt said. Temba Bavuma and Stephen Cook, who are other award winners this evening plus Quinton de Kock have all recorded their maiden Test centuries.Bavuma won a sponsor award for his performance but de Kock went empty-handed, despite being the leading run-scorer in the domestic twenty-over competition. Albie Morkel, who led Titans to victory in that competition, was named T20 player of the year. Titans also had two other winners. Heino Kuhn, who became the sixth South African to score more than 1,000 runs in a first-class season, won the first-class award and outgoing coach Rob Walter, who will take over at Otago Volts, from September, was named coach of the year.The only trophy Titans did not win last season was the one-day cup, which Lions claimed. The leading run-scorer in that campaign Alviro Petersen was awarded in that category. ' ' '