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  December 30, 2018 5:04 AM EET

  CHICAGO -- The Washington Nationals hit the halfway point of the season tied with Atlanta for the NL East lead. Adam LaRoche will take that. "I like our position in the standings and I like how our team is playing," LaRoche said after Washington swept a day-night doubleheader from the Cubs on Saturday. LaRoche and Wilson Ramos homered, Blake Treinen earned his first major league win and the Nationals beat Chicago 7-2 in a rainy nightcap. Gio Gonzalez pitched two-hit ball over seven innings in the opener for a 3-0 victory. In the second game, Washington tagged Jeff Samardzija (2-7) for six runs over five innings to salvage a four-game series split. LaRoche led off the second with a long drive to right for his 11th homer, and Ramos connected to start the fifth, sparking a four-run rally that made it 6-2. Making his fifth major league start, Treinen (1-3) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings. The right-hander was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse as the 26th man on the roster for the doubleheader. "It means a lot," he said about the win. "Im definitely excited, thats for sure." Ross Detwiler pitched three perfect innings for his first career save. The only runs for the Cubs came on a two-run homer by Luis Valbuena that tied it at 2 in the fourth, right about when the rain started falling. With two outs in the inning and Nate Schierholtz batting, play was stopped for 55 minutes. Once the game resumed, it didnt take long for the Nationals to regain the lead. Ramos connected on the first pitch of the fifth for his second homer, and Washington sent up nine batters in the inning. With two outs and a man on first, three straight singles by Anthony Rendon, Kevin Frandsen and Jayson Werth resulted in two more runs. First baseman Anthony Rizzo then let LaRoches hard smash get by him for an error, bringing in Frandsen to make it 6-2. "Coming out of the rain delay they jumped on me right off the bat, and then they hit some fastballs over the plate and hit them up the middle," Samardzija said. "Made me keep throwing pitches. Like I said, they did a good job. They were ready out of the break." In the first game, Gonzalez dominated in his third start back from the disabled list, outperforming Dallas Beeler in the rightys major league debut. Rendon had three hits, including a two-out double against Beeler in the sixth before scoring the games first run on a wild pitch. Rendon added an RBI triple off Justin Grimm and came home on a sacrifice fly by LaRoche against Wesley Wright in a two-run eighth. Denard Span chipped in with two hits and scored a run, and the Nationals snapped a three-game losing streak. Gonzalez (5-4) struck out seven and walked two while improving to 2-0 in three starts after missing a month because of inflammation in his pitching shoulder. Tyler Clippard worked the eighth and Rafael Soriano finished for his 19th save in 21 chances. "Obviously, coming (off) the DL and trying to work your way back is going to be a process," Gonzalez said. "Its not going to happen overnight. Its good to see, little by little, using fastball and changeup at the same time. Its good to know when you need them theyll be there." Beeler was about as good as Gonzalez. Called up from Triple-A Iowa as the 26th man, he pitched four-hit ball while allowing an unearned run in six innings. Beeler also singled in his first at-bat when he lined the first pitch he saw up the middle in the third, drawing big cheers from the crowd. "I was a lot calmer than what I thought Id be," he said. "I walked out there, took a deep breath, threw my warmup pitches, kind of looked around again, exhaled and I was like, All right, same game Ive been playing for the last 20 years." NOTES: Nationals OF Bryce Harper hit three homers and drove in five runs in a rehab game for Double-A Harrisburg. The 2012 NL Rookie of the Year is working his way back from a torn ligament in his left thumb. He went 4 for 5 as the DH against the Cleveland Indians Akron affiliate. Washington manager Matt Williams said hes not sure if Harper will play another game for Harrisburg on Sunday. The Nationals are optimistic he will return early in the week, if not Monday, when they open a three-game series against Colorado. ... The Cubs have their first scheduled Sunday off in 82 years because of the annual Pride Parade in Chicago. The last one was on June 19, 1932. Chicago played the Giants in New York on a Saturday and then went to Philadelphia on a Monday. Air Max Italia . First-half goals by Will Bruin and Oscar Boniek Garcia sucked the life out of the Impact as the Houston Dynamo bounced them from Major League Soccers post-season with a 3-0 victory on Thursday. 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Mike Trout, Josh Hamilton and Kole Calhoun all homered to help the Los Angeles Angels get their first win of the season with an 11-1 rout of the Houston Astros.ARLINGTON, Texas - Lions coach Jim Caldwell never got a good enough explanation about the penalty flag that got picked up.Yep, the one that would have given Detroit a critical first down while still leading in the fourth quarter Sunday.Quarterback Matthew Stafford thought it was a good call at first, until the apparent pass interference penalty suddenly was no more.As for Ndamukong Suh, he was so emotional about the 24-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC wild-card game that he left the podium in tears — only to return a minute later to finish talking about how the season suddenly ended.Im speechless. ... I didnt expect this outcome, said Suh, who was later asked if the game had been stolen from the Lions (11-6).Its unfortunate for sure, he said. We cant let just one play define the game.Still, the Lions went from a potential first down to keep alive a possible clinching drive to a shanked punt and a go-ahead Dallas touchdown.Detroit had third-and-1 from the Cowboys 46 with just over eight minutes left when Stafford threw a deep pass toward tight end Brandon Pettigrew, who was covered by linebacker Anthony Hitchens.A flag was thrown, and referee Pete Morelli announced a defensive pass interference call. After a discussion with other officials, Morelli then announced, without explanation, there was no penalty.Not a good enough one, Caldwell said multiple times when asked if officials explained to him what happened. I dont ever think it comes down to one call, but calls are crucial during games like this ... to have something so questionable that occurs, thats concerning.Stafford said he was told that the defender made no contact with Pettigrew, though the tight end said that wasnt the case.I thought it was ridiculous, to be honest, Pettigrew said. He ran through me, pretty much, trying to get back to the ball. To me, it was obvious.Without the penalty, and still up 20-17, the Lions had fourth-and-1 at midfield. Stafford was on the field, but it quickly became clear he was trying to draw an offside call against Dallas, though Caldwell had considered going for it. The Cowboys didnt jump, Detroit took the delay of game and Sam Martins punt then went only 10 yards.Obviously you look at the result of the punt, and you look at it a little diffferently, Caldwell said.dddddddddddd But were up, we werent behind.They trailed after the Cowboys went 59 yards in 11 plays, including a 21-yard catch by Jason Witten on fourth-and-6. There were also two defensive holding calls, the second on a third-and-7 play, before Tony Romo threw his second touchdown pass to Terrance Williams with 2:32 left.Dallas (13-4) wiped out an early two-touchdown deficit to advance to a divisional game in Green Bay, their first post-season visit there since a heartbreaking loss to the Packers in the Ice Bowl in 1967.You just have to stay in the moment and understand the game, said Romo, now 2-3 in the playoffs. It doesnt end after the first quarter, second quarter. You just have to keep calm. Ive played enough games to understand that. Maybe I didnt do that as well when I was younger.The Lions went 99 yards for one of two first-quarter touchdowns, but Stafford couldnt get them in the end zone again. He fell to 0-2 in the playoffs three years after losing a wild-card game to New Orleans.Dallas had to wait a little longer to celebrate after rookie DeMarcus Lawrence gave the Lions the ball back with a fumble following Anthony Spencers sack that knocked the ball loose from Stafford, who was 28 of 42 for 323 yards playing against his hometown team.Lawrence redeemed himself on the clincher, sacking Stafford on fourth down near midfield in the final minute.Theres only going to be one happy team at the end of the year, Caldwell said, And its not going to be us.Notes: The Lions have not won a playoff game since the 1991 season, when they beat Dallas. ... The Lions went up 14-0 on a drive that amounted to 99 3/4 yards. After Dekoda Watson ran into Martin to keep the drive alive, the 14-play series ended with Reggie Bush badly faking Orlando Scandrick on an 18-yard scoring run. ... NFL rushing leader DeMarco Murray slogged his way to 75 yards on 19 carries against the NFLs best run defence, including a 1-yard plunge on fourth down that pulled Dallas to 20-14 late in the third quarter. ... Calvin Johnson, who had 329 yards receiving in a comeback win in Detroit in 2013, had 85 yards on five catches. 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