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Taylor Hall has been given a clean bill of health and is set to report to the Oklahoma City Barons on Tuesday.He will be on a two-week conditioning stint with the Barons before he gets into game action.The winger, who turns 21 next month, has been recovering from a shoulder injury that caused him to miss the final 11 games of the season last year with Edmonton.He will head to the American Hockey League to join fellow Oiler teammates Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle.Like Nugent-Hopkins, this will be Halls first taste of the AHL. Both players were drafted first overall and jumped directly to the National Hockey League. NFL Mike Wallace Dolphins Jersey . Price beat Texas for the first time in his career and the Tampa Bay Rays won 5-2 on Sunday night, becoming the first team to take a series from the Rangers this year. 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What he can do is compete like the Washington Nationals ace.Lannan pitched five-hit ball over 5 2-3 innings in his first start since replacing Strasburg in Washingtons starting rotation, and the Nationals lowered their magic number for clinching a playoff berth to five with a 2-0 win over the punchless New York Mets on Wednesday night."Its definitely strange. Theres a lot of strange things going on," Lannan said. "Whats going on with Stras, it just hasnt happened before."Ryan Zimmerman homered in the fourth off rookie Matt Harvey (3-5) and Ian Desmond connected off Jon Rauch in the eighth, helping the NL East leaders complete a three-game sweep and open an 8 1/2-game lead over the second-place Braves heading into a three-game series at Atlanta starting Friday. The Nationals are closing in on the capitals first post-season baseball berth since the original Washington Senators in 1933."This was a big series," manager Davey Johnson said. "We need to kind of drive the nail in their coffin over here and come into Atlanta in a good frame of mind."A native of nearby Long Beach, Lannan (3-0) struck out two and walked one in an 81-pitch outing. Lannan, Washingtons opening-day starter in 2009 and 2010, was 9-11 with a 4.30 ERA at Triple-A Syracuse and asked the Nationals to trade him when he was demoted at the end of spring training."It all happened for a reason, I guess," he said. "I just dont look back on it with anger or anything. It just is what it is. It happened, and weve just got to move on."Pitching before about 20 family members and friends, he made his first appearance since a minor league outing on Aug. 30 and improved to 4-1 with a 1.69 ERA in his last six starts against the Mets. Without Strasburgs dominant fastball, the left-handed Lannan relies on changing speeds and control."He earned a lot of respect in this clubhouse," said reliever Sean Burnett, who gave up two hits and got two outs in the ninth -- his first appearance since Sept. 2 following a layoff caused by an irritated nerve in his pitching elbow.Drew Storen came in and retired pinch-hitter Daniel Murphy on a game-ending flyout with runners at the corners for his second save. The surging Nationals have won nine of 11 and 12 of 15.Harvey struck out 10 in five-plus innings, his latest imprressive performance.dddddddddddd New York, however, finished an 0-6 homestand and dropped to 65-78, falling 13 games under .500 for the first time since finishing 2009 at 70-92. The Mets have lost eight of nine overall.They also extended their club-record streak of scoring three runs or fewer to 13 straight home games. They have lost 22 of their last 26 in Queens and have just four wins at Citi Field since the All-Star break -- two fewer than the Nationals."Its frustrating for all 35 guys in that clubhouse, besides the players, and the coaches and the front office," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We set the bar pretty high in April and May. Our club wasnt picked to be very good and we set the bar up there."Right now, we just cannot seem to recreate what happened in April."Washington cut short Strasburgs season last weekend, wanting to protect the 24-year-old right-handers arm following ligament-replacement surgery on Sept. 3, 2010.While the Nationals initially intended to make Wednesdays game his final start of the year, they moved up their timetable because they said the limit was weighing on his mind. Strasburg finished 15-6 with a 3.16 ERA in 28 starts with 197 strikeouts in 159 1-3 innings.Johnson said he might use Strasburg as a pinch-hitter down the stretch. Strasburg is hitting .277 with one homer, four doubles and seven RBIs."If I cant use your arm, Ill use your bat," Johnson said. "Hes pretty bad now but hes going to get worse because hes going to be chomping."Johnson said Strasburg keeps asking pitching coach Steve McCatty about what his routine should be."Of course, hes been pestering Cat about what he can do," Johnson added. "Can I keep throwing off the mound? No. Can I play catch in the outfield? Yes."NOTES: Washington has won eight in a row in Queens and 12 of 13. ... Nationals LF Michael Morse missed the game after he was diagnosed with a torn cuff and a bone bruise in his left wrist. ... Players association head Michael Weiner, undergoing treatment for a brain tumour, was in the Mets clubhouse speaking with players before the game. ... Zimmerman extended his hitting streak to 16 games and set a franchise record by driving in a run for the ninth straight game, one more than Larry Walker (1993), Moises Alou (93 and 94) and Vladimir Guerrer
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