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DENVER -- Washington ace Max Scherzer never did find his groove Monday night.Not a problem, though -- the bullpen took care of this one.Five relievers combined for five scoreless innings and Bryce Harper doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh as the Nationals beat the skidding Colorado Rockies 5-4.Sammy Solis (2-3) got the win and Colorado-native Mark Melancon needed only four pitches in the ninth to earn his 34th save in 37 chances. The NL East leaders have won three straight and four of five.Our bullpen came in and bailed each other out, manager Dusty Baker said. Its hard to shut these guys out for the last four or five innings of a ballgame.Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos homered for Washington.Werth hit a two-run homer estimated at 444 feet in the third inning off Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa and reached safely three times to extend his on-base streak to a career-best 43 games.The stretch is the longest in the majors this season and it ties Werth with Ryan Zimmerman for the Nationals record.Its a product of my approach, Werth said. My focus has always been to get on base. If you get on base, good things can happen.DJ LeMahieu had the fourth four-hit game of his career and Charlie Blackmon hit his sixth home run in four games for Colorado. Blackmon was selected the NL player of the week after leading the majors with seven home runs last week.Still, the Rockies have lost eight of nine.We are dealing with multiple challenges at the same time right now, but the bottom line is you have to win games, Colorado manager Walt Weiss said. We are fighting, but we are coming up short.Jordan Lyles (3-4) took the loss.Scherzer allowed seven hits and four runs in four innings.Colorado scored three in a 35-pitch first inning. David Dahl hit a two-run double with the bases loaded and Daniel Descalso added a sacrifice fly.Blackmon made it 4-2 with his homer in the fourth.The Nationals bullpen pen shut down the Rockies from there as Matt Belisle and Solis combined for 2 1/3 innings. Blake Treinen needed just one pitch to induce Nolan Arenado into an inning-ending double play in the seventh, and Shawn Kelley struck out two in a hitless eighth.I just didnt pitch efficiently, Scherzer said. I just didnt do a lot of things right tonight. 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Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland.Trinbago Knight Riders 151 for 4 (Amla 64, Emrit 2-32) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 144 for 9 (Guptill 50, Devcich 2-17, Narine 2-25) by seven runsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsGuyana Amazon Warriors suffered their first defeat of CPL 2016 when they were strangled by the Trinbago Knight Riders spinners while chasing 152 at the Providence Stadium. Although Amazon Warriors required run rate had shot up from nine to 14 in the second half of the innings, they needed 14 from the final over but fell short by seven runs.Put in to bat, Knight Riders were led by opener Hashim Amlas 64 off 54, his third half-century of the tournament, but he didnt get much support from the top order. Anton Devcich holed out to deep midwicket for a 13-ball 7 and Colin Munro handed a return catch to Veerasammy Permaul, who caught the ball after juggling twice. Amla had trudged along to 42 by then and crossed the 50-run mark in the 14th over but was bowled in the 18th over when he missed a slog sweep against Adam Zampa. Three sixes from Dwayne Bravo and two fours from Denesh Ramdin helped them collect 39 runs in the last three overs to crooss 150.ddddddddddddBravo opened with Devcich and it reaped benefits when the left-arm spinner removed Dwayne Smith for a duck with his third ball. Amazon Warriors were scoring at less than a run a ball and their Powerplay progress was dented further when Devcich accounted for Chris Lynn in the fifth over. Martin Guptill played a patient innings, but a lack of substantial partnerships added more pressure as the end overs approached.Amazon Warriors needed 64 runs from five overs and sixes from Guptill, Christopher Barnwell and Rayad Emrit brought it to 30 from 12 balls. Even though Guptill fell for a 40-ball 50 on the first ball of the 19th over, two fours and a six from Permaul, in the same over, gave Amazon Warriors a chance in the final over but Kevon Cooper conceded only six runs to register Knight Riders second win. Devcich and Sunil Narine both bowled economical spells and picked up two wickets apiece. Knight Riders are now placed third while Amazon Warriors still lead the table. ' ' '