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WASHINGTON -- Ever since he left them, Daniel Murphy has been making life miserable for the Mets. Alan Page Jersey .Murphy homered twice, tormenting his former team yet again, and the Washington Nationals completed a three-game sweep of New York with 4-2 victory Wednesday night.Max Scherzer (9-5) cruised against New Yorks sputtering offense, allowing two hits with 10 strikeouts over 7 1/3 shutout innings. He retired 18 in a row before Brandon Nimmos single in the eighth and finished with at least 10 strikeouts for the fourth straight outing.The sweep dropped New York six games behind first-place Washington in the NL East.Murphy homered off Logan Verrett (3-5) in the second for a 1-0 lead and golfed a two-run drive in the eighth against reliever Sean Gilmartin.Rather than acknowledge any extra motivation against the Mets, Murphy simply described them as division opponents.Its just obvious he wants to beat them up, Scherzer said.Murphy is batting .428 (15 for 35) with four home runs and 11 RBI against New York. He signed a $37.5 million, three-year contract with Washington last offseason after spending his first seven seasons with the Mets and powering them into the World Series last year with a record-setting postseason.He is very familiar with the Mets, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. He has no ill feelings against the Mets, but he certainly wants to beat them.The second baseman matched his career high with 14 homers and helped Washington win its fourth in a row.I dont know, Murphy said about his power surge. They just keep going over the fence.The Mets went 23 innings without scoring before James Loneys two-run homer in the ninth off Shawn Kelley.Were just not even giving ourselves chances, manager Terry Collins said.Kelley got four outs for his fourth save. He threw a called third strike past Nimmo with a runner on second to end it.New York lost 5-0 in Tuesdays rain-interrupted matchup after dropping the series opener 11-4.I know its only June, but anytime you can sweep your divisional opponents, thats huge, Scherzer said.Scherzer walked Kelly Johnson in the second, the same inning in which Asdrubal Cabrera registered New Yorks first hit. The Mets didnt reach base again until Nimmos hit on the final pitch from Scherzer, who left to a standing ovation.Pinch-hitter Curtis Granderson singled off reliever Oliver Perez, giving New York two baserunners. Kelley, Washingtons fourth pitcher of the inning, struck out Alejandro De Aza with the potential tying runs in scoring position to end the eighth.Making a spot start because Steven Matz was pushed back a day, Verrett lost his fifth straight decision. He allowed two runs and four hits, including Murphys long drive that landed in the second deck, with four walks over five innings.Jayson Werths sacrifice fly scored Danny Espinosa for a 2-0 lead in the third.Yoenis Cespedes struck out three times against Scherzer, who lost 2-0 at the Mets on May 17 despite compiling 10 strikeouts.Obviously, you wanted to come in here and have different results, Granderson said. Youve still got a lot games to play plus a lot of games against this team and everybody else in our division.MAD MAXScherzer struck out at least 10 for the seventh time this year and the 43rd time in his career. He went 4-1 with a 1.96 ERA in six June starts.THE GRANDY MAN CANGranderson was a late scratch from the starting lineup one day after being removed from Tuesdays game with right calf tightness.TRAINERS ROOMMets: RHP Noah Syndergaard, who struggled in Mondays opener, confirmed he has a bone spur in his elbow. He called it pretty insignificant.Nationals: RHP Jonathan Papelbon (right intercostal strain) threw around 30 pitches during a simulated game at Nationals Park. The closer will continue his rehab at Double-A Harrisburg, where hes expected to pitch in back-to-back games starting Friday.UP NEXTMets: Matz (7-3, 3.29 ERA) faces Chicago Cubs RHP John Lackey (7-4, 3.29) on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series at Citi Field, a rematch of last years NL Championship Series that the Mets won in a four-game sweep.Nationals: LHP Gio Gonzalez (3-7, 4.73 ERA) tries to snap a six-game losing streak. LHP Brandon Finnegan (3-6, 3.83) opens the four-game series for visiting Cincinnati. Adam Thielen Vikings Jersey . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Fran Tarkenton Womens Jersey . -- If Henry Burris has his way, he will be the starting quarterback to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats back to the Grey Cup next year. http:///...ndle-Vikings-Jersey/ . Thousands of Southern California fans enveloped the Trojans to celebrate an improbable win secured by an interim coach, an inconsistent kicker and a thin defence that wouldnt break. LOS ANGELES -- Rainouts happen in baseball. Maybe not often this early in the fall, but they happen. The game gets rescheduled, and both teams have to deal with the ramifications to their starting rotations. Its an inconvenience for each side.But when Game 2 of the Los Angeles Dodgers-Washington Nationals division series was rained out, two of the most powerful men in sports were genuinely bummed.That would be Dodgers chairman Mark Walter and team president Stan Kasten, who planned to fly from Washington D.C. to Minnesota on the off day of the baseball series to attend Game 1 of the WNBA Finals between the Los Angeles Sparks and Minnesota Lynx.Instead of being able to watch baseball on Saturday and womens basketball on Sunday, they were forced to stay i