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WASHINGTON -- Arizona Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale wasnt sure what to expect from Matt Koch in his first major league start. He just knew it wouldnt be a long outing.Koch knew it, too, and he made the most of his limited time on the mound, allowing one hit and two runs in five-plus innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks lost 4-2 to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.The 25-year-old no-hit the NL East champions through five innings before Jose Lobaton singled to lead off the sixth. Walking pinch-hitter Wilmer Difo spelled the end of Kochs night at 69 pitches with a blister issue cropping up along the way.Hale said the pitch count and not the blister was the reason he took Koch out of the game after an impressive showing.We wanted to see him pitch up here and get a chance to start, Hale said. He showed us he can do it. ... We were real close on the 70-75 pitches we wanted to get him, so we were really happy with what he did. Its too bad. He had a win in his pocket there and it went away quick.Anthony Rendon hit a three-run homer off Randall Delgado (4-2) to provide the winning margin for the Nationals, trying to secure home-field advantage in their NL Division Series against the Dodgers.Washington leads Los Angeles by two games with five to play, after the Dodgers lost 7-1 at San Diego.Diamondbacks second baseman Jean Segura hit a leadoff homer against Max Scherzer (19-7), and Welington Castillo had an RBI double in the third. But the Cy Young Award candidate settled in to strike out 10 in six innings.Hale acknowledged being surprised by Kochs performance, even if the right-hander didnt impress himself.Just trying to get quick outs, Koch said. I knew I was at my pitch limit, so I was just trying to make the most of the pitches I had and trying to get quick groundball outs.It worked for most of the game, and the Louisville product started thinking about a potential no-hitter after getting through four.My mindset was just stay focused and keep the ball down, he said.Koch succeeded in doing that even if Delgado made a mistake that cost the Diamondbacks a victory. With the organization looking ahead to next season and beyond, Koch did well in a spot start in place of Zack Greinke after five career relief appearances.This was a guy who has already shown in the relief appearance that we gave him that hes not afraid and he goes right at guys, Hale said. He was very, very, very good.SCHERZER DOMINATESScherzer mixed his slider, curveball and changeup in with his overpowering fastball to wrest control of the game back. At one point he struck out six consecutive hitters.What allowed him to settle in is that he changed his game plan because you could tell their game plan on him was to sit hard and early in the count, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. That was just a veteran making the adjustment at the right time.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: Hale said RHP Rubby De La Rosa successfully had stem cell injections in his elbow. De La Rosa is trying the stem cell procedure in an attempt to avoid a second Tommy John surgery.Nationals: C Wilson Ramos is out for the rest of the season and playoffs after an MRI revealed a torn ACL in his right knee. ... LHP Sammy Solis threw a perfect seventh inning in his first appearance since Aug. 15 after a stint on the DL with shoulder inflammation. ... OF Bryce Harper missed another game with a left thumb injury. ... 2B Daniel Murphy remained out with a strained glute.UP NEXTLHP Gio Gonzalez (11-10, 4.51 ERA) starts the third of the four-game series for the Nationals against Diamondbacks RHP Shelby Miller (2-12, 6.47). Los Angeles Angels Gear . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. Angels Jerseys China .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. https://www.cheapangels.com/ .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. Custom Los Angeles Angels Jerseys . PAUL, Minn. Angels Jerseys 2019 . - The Washington Redskins have cut defensive lineman Adam Carriker and punter Sav Rocca. LILLE, France -- The Welsh have a word for it: Hwyl. It means passion, in the emotional or spiritual sense, in their Celtic language.And the Wales team has certainly been mining a rich seam of it at the European Championship. It beat a strongly-favored Belgium side 3-1 on Friday to line up a semifinal against Portugal, the national teams biggest achievement since reaching the quarterfinals of the 1958 World Cup.However, its a case of sporting success with a tragic backdrop.Over the past five years, the Welsh squad and its supporters have been coping with the sudden death of its coach, Gary Speed, who was found hanged in his home in 2011 at the age of 42.His childhood friend and fellow coach Chris Coleman took over the work that Speed had just begun with Welsh football, a sport constantly in the shadow of rugby -- in which Wales has enjoyed global success -- and in a country with a population of just over 3 million.Speeds progressive methods were starting to pay dividends when he died, a blow to Welsh football lovers who saw the young coach as a role model. He played 85 times for Wales and was its coach for less than a year.At every major game, the Welsh fans still sing in memory of Speed. Theres only one Speedo, goes the chant.At Euro 2016, excitement about the national team is clearly growing and tens of thousands of fans are expected to make the journey across the English Channel next week for the game against Portugal in Lyon.That support has become crucial to Welsh success. From a country famed for its singing, the national anthem of Wales, the 1856 song Hen Flad Fy Mhadau -- which translates into English as Land of my Fathers -- seems to inspire the team.You only have to listen to the `hwyl (of the anthem) to know the effect it has on the boys, spectator James Owen of Abertillery, southern Wales, said in Lille. The national anthem brings tears to your eyes and makes your hair stand on end when its sung in a football or rugby stadium.Only the Welsh understand the power of their anthem, which translates as follows.The Land of my fathers is dear unto meLand of Poets and singers and people of statureHer brave warriorss, fine patriotsShed their blood for freedom.ddddddddddddWhen Coleman took over in January 2012, Wales had recently been outside the top 100 in the world by FIFA rankings. Wales came into Euro 2016 in 26th position and will rise even further following its run to the semifinals. With 10 goals from five games, Wales is also among the top scoring teams in the competition.From the qualifying competition to the final tournament, success has helped to make Wales a closely-knit squad -- and that also includes their children.After the final whistle, as the crowd sings to the team, the players regularly bring their children onto the pitch and let them run around kicking footballs. About 10,000 fans cheered Gareth Bales three-year-old daughter in Paris when she managed to kick the ball into the net.We never forget our belief and our identity, Coleman told a news conference after Fridays victory.Bale is the teams undoubted star, but he is much more of a team player with Wales than he is with Real Madrid. As captain, he leads by example, working tirelessly.His relationship with Wales could not be more different than that of his club teammate Cristiano Ronaldo with the rest of the Portugal squad. Ronaldo often appears aloof from other players in the national side, and he can win games single handedly.There is also a contrast between the fortunes of the Welsh and their neighbor England, which still sees itself as a footballing giant despite a consistent record of tournament failure since winning the World Cup in 1966.Welsh fans chanted, Are You Watching England as Wales scored its third goal in the victory over Belgium, one of the tournament favorites.England failed to make it beyond the last 16, slumping to an embarrassing defeat to Iceland.From watching Euro 2012 on TV to playing in the semifinals of Euro 2016, the turnaround for the Welsh is little short of remarkable.Four years ago we were as far away as you can be from where we are right now, Coleman said. We find ourselves in an incredible position. ' ' '