WASHINGTON -- With injuries and struggles decimating the Cleveland Indians starting rotation, Josh Tomlin had been a rock.That hasnt been the case the past two starts when Tomlin has failed to get through the fifth inning. For the second consecutive outing, Tomlin allowed seven earned runs, this time in a 7-4 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.Tomlin (11-5) allowed those runs on eight hits in four-plus innings while striking out four. Jayson Werth crushed a three-run home run in the second inning, and three hits in the fifth ended Tomlins outing.Ive been prone to home runs all year, but they come usually when no ones on base or limited traffic, Tomlin said. Right now theres traffic. It seems like Im beginning to have to work around guys. I make a mistake, I pay for it.It didnt help Tomlin that right fielder Abraham Almonte appeared to lose a ball in the sun on what turned into Werths ground-rule double in the first and had a ball go off his glove for an RBI double by Daniel Murphy in the fifth.Tomlin accepted blame for giving up hits, but manager Terry Francona wouldve liked to see Almonte make a couple of plays for his pitcher.He made some mistakes and paid for it, Francona said. The first inning, Abe was fighting the sun, turns into a double, thats the run. And then on the line drive to right, looked like Abe had it and looked to the wall, hit him in the glove. That would have been first and second with one out as opposed to a full-fledged rally.Almonte said the sun was difficult and that he lost control when he got close to the wall.You always want to do your best and help the team win and thats the main goal, Almonte said. Some days its not obviously what youre looking for and today was one of those days.?The Indians offense had its share of success against Washingtons Gio Gonzalez (8-9), including Francisco Lindors two-run home run in the third and RBI doubles by Almonte and Jose Ramirez. Ramirez went 3 for 4 with an RBI to extend his hitting streak to 14 games.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: Francona returned after a health scare caused him to miss the series opener Tuesday. Francona, who has a history of blood clots and pulmonary embolisms, complained of chest pain and had an elevated heart rate but reported feeling better by Wednesday. ... Francona said RHP Tommy Hunter threw a simulated game Tuesday and was progressing well from a non-baseball injury.UNCLE CARRASCOIndians pitcher Carlos Carrasco passed his U.S. citizenship test last week, which was cause for celebration. Carrasco wore an Uncle Sam costume for the flight back to Cleveland, posing with thumbs up for the teams Twitter account .UP NEXTIndians: RHP Corey Kluber (11-8, 3.22 ERA) starts the series opener back in Cleveland against RHP Jhoulys Chacin (3-7, 5.27) and the Los Angeles Angels.Fake Basketball Shoes . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. Cheap Basketball Shoes China . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. https://www.cheapbasketballshoesstore.com/ .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. Discount Basketball Shoes . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Basketball Shoes Sale . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday.Central Michigans 5-foot-9 guard, Marcus Keene, while a capable scorer, had surpassed 25 points only twice in his first two seasons. But Keene has topped 30 points in six of the Chippewas eight games this season and leads the NCAA in scoring at 30.4 points per game.Keene is part of a trend so far in college basketball. Through Mondays games, there have been 114 30-point gammes by individual scorers, compared with 82 through the same date last season, according to ESPN Stats & Info.dddddddddddd (Considering the season started two days earlier this season, through the first 18 days of last season the number was 88.) ' ' '