innings. Shikhar Dhawan got it off about 95 balls, I think.

WASHINGTON -- Bryce Harper knocked his one-liner as far out of the park as he did his monster home run into the third deck.I was just trying to impress the scouts, Harper said after the Washington Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-1 on Wednesday night.Well, almost as far. Harpers towering two-run home run traveled an estimated 451 feet off Bud Norris in the first inning, a rocket that was one of the longest hit at Nationals Park.The reigning National League MVP took a 3-1 fastball from Norris and sent it over the Jackie Robinson sign on the facade in right. Harper said he was just trying to get a good swing on the ball and recalled former manager Matt Williams mantra of, Its not how far, its how many.But this one was far.He didnt miss that one, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. He tried to come up and in and just missed right around thigh high, and thats his nitro zone. Obviously a very good hitter like that, he can put a charge into it.As far as how many, Harper reached 20 home runs for the fourth time in five seasons. He later walked and scored on Wilson Ramos RBI double that was just one part of Washingtons offensive explosion.Ben Revere, Jayson Werth and Anthony Rendon also hit home runs and Trea Turner had an RBI triple and stole home for Washington, which snapped a six-game losing streak to Los Angeles dating to last season. Left-hander Gio Gonzalez (6-8) had one of his best starts of the season, allowing one run on three hits and striking out six in six innings.Manager Dusty Baker said Gonzalez was effectively wild and didnt have a lot of pressure because of the run support he got.Obviously youve got to tip your cap to our offense, Gonzalez said. These guys clobbered the ball today. And Norris wasnt that bad, either. He was out there pitching, attacking the strike zone. But our guys were just going out there, putting good wood on the ball and what a shot by Bryce.Other than Harpers home run, the Nationals were buzzing about Turners second triple in two nights and the speedy second basemans steal of home on a botched pickoff attempt in the sixth inning.It was a big play, Turner said. It was fun. It was exciting.It was an eventful but not so exciting night for Norris (5-8), who gave up six runs on seven hits in five-plus innings before giving way to the bullpen. He struck out eight as part of an inconsistent outing, and it didnt help that he allowed three home runs, including back-to-back from Revere and Werth in the fifth.That did us in right there, Roberts said of the back-to-back homers.TRAINERS ROOMDodgers: Roberts said surgery was more of a possibility for LHP Clayton Kershaw after a setback with the herniated disk in his back. ... LHP Alex Wood underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow and is expected to miss eight weeks. ... Roberts said Corey Seager might be back in the lineup Thursday after missing two games with a stomach virus. ... RHP Chris Hatcher was placed on the disabled list with an oblique injury.Nationals: Rendon returned to the lineup after missing two games with the flu. ... INF Stephen Drew was out sick again. ... Baker said RHP Joe Ross (shoulder inflammation) and 1B Ryan Zimmerman (left rib cage sprain) will each go on a rehab assignment at some point.GLOVER LOVECalled up earlier in the day, RHP Koda Glover made his major league debut with a perfect ninth. Glover only needed four pitches to get through it.For the first time I was actually nervous, Glover said. I dont normally get nervous, but it definitely got the blood pumping.KENDRICK KEEPS IT ALIVEWith his double in the eighth, Dodgers LF Howie Kendrick extended his hitting streak to 12 games. 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Discount Nike Roshe Shoes . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Nike Roshe Clearance .Y. - General manager Billy King says the Brooklyn Nets are looking to add a big man and confirmed the team worked out centre Jason Collins, who would become the first openly gay active NBA player if signed. Glenn Maxwell has compared the Indian batsmens approach unfavourably to the Australians when nearing a milestone, but Cricket Australia have been quick to do damage control.It began after the third ODI in Melbourne with a question quoting Matthew Hayden from 10 years ago. Maxwell, who had scored a match-winning 96 in that match, was noncommittal in response but before the Sydney ODI, he eliminated the doubts around what he said.They were probably just making sure they got to a milestone, Maxwell had said in Melbourne. Some people are milestone-driven, some people arent. If it means that much to you, you go for it. But its not something that drives me too much. Each to their own.In Sydney though, Maxwell went from generic to specific. He told Wisden India: I knew it [the comment] was going to blow up. It didnt really bother me. I was sent a photo the other day, it said Virat was 84 off 63, and then 100 off 89 or something like that. He got his last 11 runs off 22 balls to get his hundred. I thought about that and I was like, Jeez, he did it so easily all the way up until then, and then you just lose a bit of momentum. I have been thinking about that.Then you look on the other hand, when you watch David Warner get into the 90s and he tries to hit Ishant Sharma for a slog sweep for six. Its just, to me, thats two complete different ends of the spectrum. And then you look at the scoreline and you see 4-0. And to me, Id much rather be 4-0 basically.Maxwell said his side didnt care about milestones. The way Boof [Darren Lehmann, the coach] has talked to us always has been: Take the game on, take the game on, take the game on. I dont care if youre on 90, I dont care if youre on zero, take the game on.Cricket Australia and BCCI enjoy a fruitful relationship under the new Big Three arrangement. CAs website was quick to do an interview with Maxwell to clarify his statements, but he didnt quite take them back.Maxwell would, however, tweet that they were taken out of context and said he was in awe of how Kohli almost single-handedly chased down 349 in Canberra.I was asked to give a bit of an assessment of who was dominating with the bat in this series, and I said, I dont think anyone in the world is hitting the ball better than Virat at the moment, Maxwell told cricket.com.au.The point that I was making, and it related more to when India were setting totals and had plenty of wickets in hand, is that the scoring rate seemed to slow as milestones got close, which can sometimes be the case, especially when teams are batting first.Maintaaining a constant scoring rate can be less straightforward batting first than when youre chasing and you know what the required rate has to be, and there have been times when batters just seem to have slowed a bit to make sure they reach those milestones.dddddddddddd Sometimes that wins you games, and sometimes it doesnt but that was the only point I was trying to make. Ive got a really good relationship with Virat off the field, and Ive already had a chat with him.The clarification doesnt make it disappear that he compared the Indian batsmens efforts with that of Warner, who too, was setting a total and got out in the 90s trying to play a big shot.Steven Smith, Australias captain, said the slowing down near a milestone was natural. I think that can be natural for anyone around the world, Smith said. When you see that sort of milestone coming, in the back of your mind you might slow down a little bit. I think Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are quality players and theyre batting beautifully, and I dont see any problem with any selfishness there.Aaron Finch distanced himself from Maxwells comments. The talk of Indian players being selfish was obviously Glenns view; thats not my personal view, Finch said. Virat Kohli got a 100 off 80-odd balls the other day. There was nothing selfish about that innings. That was an extraordinary, extraordinary innings. Shikhar Dhawan got it off about 95 balls, I think. He took the game on at the start for India along with Rohit, and got them off to an absolute flyer. Gee, there are some seriously good players in India. Virat… 25 ODI hundreds now. Thats an unbelievable achievement.In the three ODIs that India batted first, they scored 67, 67 and 60 from overs 31 to 40. These have been the overs when their set batsmen have approached their hundreds. In Perth, Rohit took 24 balls from 83 at the start of the 31st over to reach his century. Similarly in Brisbane, between the 30th and the 40th overs, Rohit took 21 balls to move from 86 to 100. Virat Kohli took 15 balls to score the last 16 runs to his century between the 38th and 43rd overs in Melbourne.Team director Ravi Shastri, though, had defended his men before the Canberra ODI. If they were focusing on milestones, Virat Kohli wouldnt have been the fastest to 7000 runs; he would have taken another 100 games, Shastri said. If that was the case, Rohit Sharma would not be having two double hundreds, and a score of 264. ' ' '