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WASHINGTON -- A matchup with National League wins leader Stephen Strasburg didnt slow down the Atlanta Braves offense Friday night.Jace Peterson, Freddie Freeman and Anthony Recker all homered as Atlanta defeated the Nationals 8-5, snapping a 14-game losing streak in Washington.Its been a couple of years since Ive been part of a win here, Freeman said. Its nice to get off the schneid.Mike Foltynewicz (6-5) allowed four runs over 5 2/3 innings, while Jim Johnson pitched a scoreless ninth for his 10th save in 13 tries. Atlanta won for the 11th time in 17 games and improved to 5-3 on its road trip.Thats kind of the way weve been playing, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. Weve faced some pretty good pitching over the course of the summer and the guys are never down, theyre never out. Theyve been beat over the head for the majority of the season but they come and prepare. They grind out at-bats and leave it out on the field. The record is no indication of how I feel this team is.Strasburg (15-3) struggled at home again, surrendering six runs in 5 1/3 innings. He has a 9.00 ERA over 16 innings in his last three outings (all losses) at Nationals Park.This happens no matter who you are, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. These things happen. He is not infallible. Hes human and sometimes you hit a bad period of time like this.Atlanta had not won in Washington since Sept. 10, 2014, and was 0-6 against the NL East leaders this season. But all of this years previous meetings came during the Braves 0-9 start.The Braves scored in the first and second innings before the Nationals rallied to take a 3-2 lead in the fourth with the help of Anthony Rendons 14th home run of the season.That wasnt a concern for Foltynewicz, whose teammates scored six runs in the next three innings.This offense, and I at least know it, they can do some special things, Foltynewicz said. I didnt have a worry in the world after I gave up that home run.He played a part with his bat on a humid night, doubling to lead off the fifth. After Erick Aybar singled with one out, Freeman smacked his 22nd home run to give the Braves the lead for good.Hes a really good hitter so its kind of been a back and forth for years now and I just got to do a better job of hitting my spots with him, Strasburg said. Didnt do that tonight and he beat me on it.Strasburg left trailing 5-3 with a man on base in the sixth, and Recker hit reliever Matt Belisles first pitch deep to left for his first homer this season.BRAVES ON THE MENDSeveral Braves begin rehabilitation assignments this weekend. RHP Arodys Vizcaino, on the DL with a right oblique strain, will pitch Saturday for Atlantas Rookie League Gulf Coast affiliate. Tyler Flowers (fractured left hand) is scheduled to catch seven innings at Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday. RHP Julio Teheran (right lat strain) is due to pitch five innings at Gwinnett on Sunday.WERTH EXTENDS ON-BASE STREAKNationals LF Jayson Werths RBI double in the seventh inning extended his streak of reaching base safely to 41 games. It is the longest streak in the majors and two shy of Ryan Zimmermans Nationals record set in 2009.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: Atlanta selected the contract of RHP Jason Hursh from Triple-A Gwinnett, recalled RHP Akeel Morris from Double-A Mississippi, optioned RHP Brandon Cunniff to Gwinnett and designated RHP Roberto Hernandez for assignment. Cunniff was 1-0 with a 7.36 ERA in three games, while the veteran Hernandez was 1-1 with an 8.00 ERA in two starts this month.Nationals: OF Bryce Harper, who has not played since Saturday, remained out of the lineup with a stiff neck. Baker said the team might have to make a decision about placing Harper on the DL in the next few days, but has not discussed the possibility based on his progress. 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(Gbr & Irl unless stated, all times Local):(a) denotes amateurs Starting at hole 10334 Pelle Edberg (Swe)0343 Oliver Wilson, Eddie Pepperell0352 Simon Dyson, Craig Lee0401 Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Steve Webster Eddie Pepperell is one of the early starters in Dubai 0410 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Edouard Espana (Fra)0419 Robert Rock, Matthew Fitzpatrick0428 Joachim B Hansen (Den), Ashun Wu (Chn)0437 David Horsey, David Drysdale0446 Dominic Foos (Ger), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)0500 Andrew Johnston, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra)0509 George Coetzee (Rsa), Tommy Fleetwood0518 Alex Noren (Swe), Ross Fisher0527 (a) James Allan, David Lipsky (USA)0536 Gregory Havret (Fra), Jorge Campillo (Esp)0545 Renato Paratore (Ita), David Howell0554 Matteo Manassero (Ita), Roope Kakko (Fin)0603 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Pablo Larrazabal (Esp)0612 Tyrrell Hatton, Ben Evans0626 Oliver Fisher, Rory McIlroy0635 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Bradley Dredge0644 Alexander Levy (Fra), Wade Ormsby (Aus)0653 Scott JJamieson, Lee Slattery Ernie Els will make up part of the final pair to tee off on Saturday 0702 Alejandro Canizares (Esp), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)0711 Peter Hanson (Swe), Mikko Ilonen (Fin)0720 James Morrison, Nathan Holman (Aus)0729 (a) Bryson De Chambeau (USA), Scott Hend (Aus)0738 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Richard Bland0752 Johan Carlsson (Swe), Graeme Storm0801 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Gary Stal (Fra)0810 Haydn Porteous (Rsa), Henrik Stenson (Swe)0819 Brett Rumford (Aus), Alvaro Quiros (Esp)0828 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Andy Sullivan0837 Joost Luiten (Ned), Chris Wood0846 Trevor Fisher Jnr (Rsa), Danny Willett0855 Ernie Els (Rsa), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Esp)Watch the Dubai Desert Classic throughout the weekend live on S