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"Obviously the punch-outs and all the stuff that came before are great, but hes starting to figure it out on another level. Hes a young guy growing up." Washington set a season high for runs in an inning in the seventh, breaking open a scoreless game by putting up five against Hamels (1-8) with the help of an infield hit and a couple of errors. The key moment was a broken-bat dribbler to third by Jhonatan Solano with the bases loaded. Michael Young charged the ball but made a low throw to home, and the ball scooted away as two runners scored. Steve Lombardozzi followed with a two-run double that chased Hamels. "A couple of weeks ago, they probably would have turned a double play on that swinging bunt by Solano somehow, someway," Desmond said. "Things are starting to unfold. Were starting to play the game better." But not enough for Johnson to shave. He said the facial hair is "getting close" to coming off, but pitcher Gio Gonzalez lobbied otherwise, telling the manager: "Its not shaggy enough." Washington might have to play without Harper for a while after he banged his left knee three times, twice with headfirst slides in the first inning. He slid into second on an infield hit-and-error, then hit the dirt again with a steal of third. He was removed for pinch runner in the seventh. "Hell probably be down a few days," Johnson said. "I dont know if theres fluid on the knee or what, but he was certainly gimpy." Harper initially hurt the knee running into a Dodger Stadium wall on May 13. He quickly answered "no" when asked whether he expected to miss any playing time. "It probably wont get better until the off-season," he said. "Ive just got to deal with the pain." Hamels (1-8) had his latest no-support outing, striking out six and allowing only three hits through six innings. He has lost five straight starts, has had only 20 runs of support scored all season when hes been in the game and hasnt pitched with a lead since April 7. "Were having a hard time scoring for him and it definitely seems like things arent going his way right now," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "Its something hes got to just battle through. I dont know what to tell him except keep pitching, keep battling through and itll change." NOTES: Hamels and Strasburg accounted for half of the games hits through six innings. ... Phillies 1B Kevin Frandsen spiked his bat and was immediately ejected by plate umpire Mike Winters after getting called for a check-swing strike three in the fourth inning. Frandsens first at-bat was also memorable: He took a 95 mph fastball from Strasburg in the hand and chest while trying to bunt for a hit. ... The Phillies activated RHP Mike Adams (right back strain) from the 15-day DL and optioned RHP B.J. Rosenberg to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. 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Nike Air Max 95 Schuhe.M. -- The worlds No. BANGKOK, Thailand -- Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia out-rallied Fernando Verdasco of Spain from the baseline to win 7-6 (5), 6-4 and move into the Thailand Open semifinals on Friday. Tipsarevic set up a match with 2009 champion Gilles Simon, who won the all-French quarterfinal with Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-1. "It was really tough but I expected it. I have played Fernando 5-6 times," said Tipsarevic, who improved to 4-2 against the Spaniard. "Its always been battles from the baseline. He made me suffer, and I ran a lot today." He fought back in the tiebreaker from 5-2 down to tie it at 5. Then the fifth-seeded Verdasco made two impatient forehand errors to lose the 52-minute opening set. Tipsarevic saved several break points to hold for 4-4, broke to go ahead and won the quarterfinal on another Verdasco forehand mistake. Tipsarevic, chasing a spot in the eight-man ATP Finals, expects another fight with Simon. "I have played Gilles many times. I lost more than I won," he said. "He is the previous champion here. He knoows the surface. Nike Air Max 97 Schuhe He keeps coming back every year. Im here for the first time. Im expecting a tough match like today." The fourth-seeded Simon benefited from a recurrence of Monfils right knee injury, the same problem that kept him off the tour for four months until recently. Simon came back from 2-0 down to win the first set, and had his own right foot re-taped to start the second set. He lost the first game on serve, but quickly regained control to reach his sixth semifinals of the year. Another Frenchman, second-seeded Richard Gasquet, made it to his third semis this year in handling eighth-seeded Bernard Tomic of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-4. Gasquet secured the one break from just two chances, and saved all three break points he faced. Beating Grigor Dimitrov from 7-5, 5-2 down the day before gave Gasquet confidence against Tomic. "Yesterday I was lucky to win, today I played better," Gasquet said. "It was a tight race in the first set. I did it. I felt more confident. Thats what made the difference." ' ' '

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