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PHOENIX -- Dan Haren brought his disappointing season with Washington to a strong conclusion on Saturday night, blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks on four hits through seven innings in the Nationals 2-0 victory. http://www.nbalanceshoes.co.uk/new-balance-1400-uk.html . Haren (10-14), the former Diamondbacks pitcher who signed a one-year, $13 million deal with the Nationals and struggled mightily for much of the season, struck out five and walked one. The 33-year-old right-hander, a free agent at the end of the season, was 6-2 in his last 12 starts. Brandon McCarthy (5-11) gave up two runs on five hits in seven innings. With the loss, Arizona fell to 80-81, the first time the Diamondbacks have been under .500 all season. Arizona threatened against Rafael Soriano in the ninth. Paul Goldschmidt flied out to deep centre, then Martin Prado singled and Miguel Montero walked. A wild pitch advanced the runners to third and second, but Soriano struck out Matt Davidson and retired Chris Owings on a fly ball for his 43rd save. Drew Storen threw a scoreless eighth as the third link of the shutout. Denard Span and Chad Tracy scored the games only runs. Span tripled to the right-field corner leading off the sixth and scored when Ryan Zimmerman grounded out. In the seventh, Tracy hit a solo shot that landed on the far side of the swimming pool in right field and bounced back into the water. Meanwhile, Arizona didnt do much against Haren, with all four of its hits coming with two outs. McCarthy had a solid final outing in an injury-plagued season but got no offensive support from the Diamondbacks, who lost their fourth straight. The right-hander retired the first 11 batters before Jayson Werth singled. The game whizzed by in 2 hours, 25 minutes. The Diamondbacks need to win the series finale on Sunday to finish 81-81, the same record they had a year ago. Sundays game will be the last for 70-year-old Davey Johnson as Washington manager. He is retiring after three decades in the majors as player and as a manager who directed four teams to the playoffs, including the Nationals. NOTES: After the game, Johnson said he had scratched RHP Gio Gonzalez from Sundays start and would go with Tanner Roark (7-1, 1.74). LHP Wade Miley (10-10, 3.63) goes for Arizona. ... Goldschmidt extended his career-best hitting streak to 18 games. Goldschmidt fell into a tie for the NL lead in homers when Pedro Alvarez of Pittsburgh hit his 36th on Saturday. New Balance 574 Mens Blue . "Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. http://www.nbalanceshoes.co.uk/new-balance-550-uk.html . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. http:///...nce-574-mens-uk.html . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively.LONDON -- Jose Mourinho failed to get the better of his former pupil on Saturday as Chelsea was held to 1-1 at Tottenham, with the visiting manager angry to see Fernando Torres sent off as they pushed for a winner. Chelsea fought back from a goal down, with John Terrys header during a revitalized second-half display cancelling out Gylfi Sigurdssons opener as the Blues seized the initiative against Andre Villas-Boas team. With around 10 minutes to go, Torres, who had been at the heart of Chelseas second-half attacking threat, was shown a second yellow card for an aerial collision with Jan Vertonghen. "Im sad because the game was good," Mourinho said. "In the first half it was not such a good Chelsea, in the second half Chelsea was not good -- Chelsea was very, very good." Torres looked incredulous after being shown red, remaining on the pitch in disbelief before eventually heading down the tunnel. Mourinho was critical of referee Mike Dean, saying: "Its a show for millions of people, and you killed the show because you want to be clever." Further incensing Mourinho was his belief that Vertonghen should have been suspended for Saturdays encounter. The midfielder escaped a red card after pulling down the shorts of Nicklas Helenius as the striker went through on goal during Tottenhams win at Aston Villa in the League Cup on Tuesday. "You go to YouTube -- its top of the ridiculous situations in football -- its ridiculous, the boy was naked," Mourinho said. "And today (Vertonghen) changed the game, so Im not happy." Chelsea remains two points behind second-place Tottenham, which is a further two points off north London rival Arsenal after its 2-1 win at Swansea late Saturday. The London derby was as fiery as the build-up when the tensions between the rival managers spilled out in public. Villas-Boas, once a junior member of Mourinhos coaching staff at Chelsea and Inter Milan, was facing his former mentor for the first time from an opposing dugout. Their pre-match greeting at White Hart Lane was more cordial than their verbal exchanges through the media around this match. New Balance 996 Womens Trainers. "Im not interested in what he said," Mourinho said after Saturdays game when asked to respond to one of Villas-Boas comments. "Im 50 years old, Im not a child," Mourinho added in a broadcast interview. "If you have a problem with someone you dont go to your mum, your dad or to the press to complain about it ... to resolve the situation." So for now the reasons for the spat are no clearer. Neither is the status of the title race after this match that Tottenham initially controlled. Christian Eriksen was the orchestrator for Sigurdssons opener, two week after setting up the Iceland midfielders double at Norwich. Eriksen brought the ball down the left flank and crossed to Roberto Soldado, who teed up Sigurdsson to find the net in the 19th minute. Chelsea was transformed after the break, giving just the response Mourinho demanded. Out-of-favour Mata entered at halftime and his display convinced Mourinho to start him against Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday when Chelsea looks for its first points in the Champions League group stage. "This is the way players have to say I want to play," Mourinho said. "He changed the team in the second half." The Blues were awarded a free kick when Vertonghen tripped Ramires as he ran through on goal, and then Terry became the first opponent to score at White Hart Lane all season in the 65th. Tottenham struggled to get out of its own half as Chelsea pushed for the winner, with Torres the creator as Andre Schurrle was denied by Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Mourinho had been planning to put two up front, but Samuel Etoo remained on the bench after Torres was sent off. He had received his first booking, for scratching Vertonghens face. "I dont think Fernando went in nasty to deserve a sending off," Villas-Boas said. "The referee decided both players went in in an aggressive way, but it was probably an unfair sending off." Cheap JerseysWholesale Jerseys Wholesale JerseysCheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys' ' '