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AUSTIN, Texas -- Lewis Hamilton took a commanding victory at the U. Marquise Brown Jersey .S. Grand Prix to give his slim championship chances a boost at a crucial point of the season.It was Hamiltons first victory since the German Grand Prix in July and moves him to within 26 points of teammate Nico Rosberg, who secured second despite losing a position to Daniel Ricciardos Red Bull at the start. At one stage it looked as though Hamilton might finish with two Red Bulls between him and Rosberg, but as Max Versatppens race unravelled with a slow pit stop and engine failure, Rosberg capitalised with a free pit stop under a Virtual Safety Car caution period.Rosberg can still win the title by claiming a minimum of two second places and a third place at the remaining three grands prix, but the result brings an end to his run of five races finishing ahead of Hamilton. All Hamilton can do at the remaining races is emulate his impressive form in Austin this weekend and hope Rosberg runs into trouble.Ricciardo held on to third place, but will be frustrated not to come away with more. The Red Bull driver passed Rosberg on the opening lap by getting up the inside of the Mercedes at Turn 1 and completing the pass on the outside of Turn 2. He appeared to have Rosberg covered when he made his second pit stop on lap 25, but Rosberg ran longer into the race on his second stint allowing him to take advantage of Verstappens failure on lap 33.Verstappen had been closing on Rosberg at the start of the second stint, but ultimately did not have the pace to pass. In his eagerness to switch to fresh tyres for his final stint, the 19-year-old pitted before his team had called him in and he arrived in an empty pit box with no one to greet him. The mistake shuffled him behind both Ferraris but it proved to be irrelevant when a grinding sound from his Renault engine brought him to a halt just four laps later.The stricken Red Bull brought out a Virtual Safety Car period, requiring drivers to slow their pace to a predefined lap time and hold track position. By pitting under the Virtual Safety Car, Rosberg was able to make his stop while Ricciardo was going slow on track and therefore lost less time than he would have in normal racing conditions. The Mercedes emerged from the pits 2.5s ahead of Ricciardo, an advantage he grew to 15.1s by the end of the race.Kimi Raikkonen would have been in an interesting battle for fourth with Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel had it not been for a loose wheel nut at his final stop. The Finn was on an aggressive three-stop strategy of super-soft, soft, super-soft, super-soft, but at the final visit to the pits he was given the green light to go before the right rear had been properly attached. His race came to an end 500 metres later at the exit of the pit lane under orders from the Ferrari pit wall. The incident allowed Vettel to take a lonely fourth place at the end of the race, 23.4s off Ricciardo.With a routine second half of the race at the front of the field, Fernando Alonso provided the entertainment for COTAs large crowd. In the final 29 laps the McLaren driver fought his way from ninth place to fifth at the finish. The impressive drive came with two bolshie overtaking moves at the end of the race as he barged past Felipe Massa on lap 52, before running off the road as he lunged past Carlos Sainz for fifth place on the penultimate lap.The contact with Massa led to a puncture on the Williams and the Brazillian finished seventh behind the Toro Rosso of Sainz. Sergio Perez took eighth for Force India after recovering from a spin on the first lap when he was tagged by the second Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat. Jenson Button took ninth place for McLaren ahead of Romain Grosjean, who secured the last point on offer for American team Haas.The title battle continues in one week south of the boarder in Mexico, where Rosberg started a run of seven consecutive victories 12 months ago. Patrick Ricard Jersey . Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. Elvis Dumervil Jersey . Vaives lawyer Trevor Whiffen claims the former 50-goal man wasnt provided with a copy of the claim beforehand and that he would not have agreed to the allegations made against the NHL had he been asked to review its contents. http:///...sey-large-1993d.html .Y. - Nelson Mandela will be honoured by the New York Yankees with a plaque in Monument Park. WASHINGTON -- Leave it to little-used, light-hitting Jose Lobaton to change the complexion of the Washington Nationals NL Division Series with one big swing.Getting a rare chance to play because of starting catcher Wilson Ramos late-September injury, backup Lobaton hit a three-run homer through a strong wind to erase an early deficit Sunday. Daniel Murphy provided more-expected production with two RBI, and Washingtons bullpen threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings, leading the Nationals past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 in a rain-postponed Game 2 to even the series at 1-all.Ive got to try to do something for the team, said Lobaton, who had one hit off a left-handed pitcher all season before connecting with a curveball that stayed up from LA lefty Rich Hill with two outs in the fourth inning.And Im not saying that Im going to be like Willy and hit a homer and hit .300. Play hard every day, no matter who is in and who is not, he said.After dropping Game 1, the Nationals trailed 2-0 when Hill allowed No. 8 hitter Lobaton to put the hosts ahead for good.One bad pitch to a guy that I dont think anybody really thought was going to be that guy to hurt us, said Josh Reddick, who drove in a run for LA in the third off Tanner Roark after Corey Seager hit his second first-inning homer of the NLDS. But thats what happens, and anybody can be the guy in the postseason.Hard to imagine Lobaton would be The Guy, though.Didnt even start the playoff opener, sitting behind rookie Pedro Severino, who had played all of 18 games in the majors.Plus, Lobaton batted only .232 in 99 at-bats in 2016 overall, although his lone hit in 15 at-bats against left-handers coming into Sunday was also a homer, and also against the Dodgers -- off Scott Kazmir in July.This one put the Nationals ahead 3-2, finally getting to Hill -- who went 4 1/3 innings -- in the unlikeliest of ways. After a walk and two quick outs, he plunked Danny Espinosa for the second time; Washingtons shortstop has struck out in his other five NLDS plate appearances.That mistake proved costly when Lobaton came through, leading to chants of N-A-T-S! Nats, Nats, Nats, Woooo! from a sellout crowd of 43,826.What made this big bop all the more surprising was that it went over the wall in left, where wind that topped 30 mph was blowing in much of the afternoon.When he hit it, there was a bunch of people in the dugout who were, like, cussing, because we didnt think he could get it out. All kinds of expletives were being thrown around, Nationals left fielder Jayson Werth said. And then it snuck over for us. That was the game, right there.Nationals slugger Bryce Harpers take?If Motheer Nature wanted to keep it in the yard, then I guess she would have, the 2015 NL MVP said, but the baseball gods overran her, I guess. Kyle Boller Jersey. Murphy has been Washingtons best hitter all season, considered a top contender for league MVP honors this year. Indeed, fans chanted those three letters after each hit as he went 3 for 3, including RBI singles in the fifth and seventh.Five relievers made it stand up, with Mark Melancon working around a single in the ninth -- the lone hit allowed by Washingtons relievers -- to earn the save.Blake Treinen went 1 1/3 innings and got the win, while lefties Marc Rzepczynski, Sammy Solis and Oliver Perez combined for seven outs as manager Dusty Baker mixed and matched his `pen just right.The old man knows what hes doing, I think, Werth said with a smile.And after the NL East champion Nationals wasted plenty of opportunities to score in a 4-3 loss on Friday, it was the NL West-winning Dodgers turn to come up short in the clutch: Los Angeles left the bases loaded three times.In the fifth, pinch hitter Howie Kendrick sent a sinking liner to left that Werth managed to grab while sliding -- then celebrated by popping up and throwing an uppercut.The wind pretty much had an effect on every ball that was hit out there, Werth said. That was ball was diving, knuckling, doing all kind of stuff. Part of why I was so excited was because I was surprised I caught it.The best-of-five series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Monday afternoon, with Game 4 there on Tuesday, creating an unusual three-consecutive-days setup in the playoffs, thanks to the loss of a travel day.This was pretty much a must-win game for us, Werth said. Definitely dont want to head West down two.MURPHY VS. LAPlaying for the New York Mets in 2015, Murphy hit two homers in the NLDS against the Dodgers, part of his record streak of six consecutive postseason games with a long ball. Ever since last year, Reddick said, he just seems to be the guy that comes up in the clutch.UP NEXTIn Game 3, the Dodgers will have RHP Kenta Maeda (16-11, 3.48 ERA) on the mound against Nationals LHP Gio Gonzalez (11-11, 4.57).Both pitchers were scheduled to fly to Los Angeles ahead of the rest of the teams players, so they could be in place, instead of waiting for Sundays game to end. The Nationals are hoping Gonzalez can take advantage of the Dodgers worst-in-the-majors batting average against left-handed pitchers. Maeda led LA pitchers in wins, innings (175 2/3), strikeouts (179) and starts (32). ' ' '