SILVIS, Ill. -- Zach Johnson made himself right at home in the John Deere Classic -- again.From just up the road in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the two-time major champion shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday, leaving him two strokes behind leader Andrew Loupe in the suspended first round.I dont know what it is, but I love the golf course, said Johnson, the 2012 winner at TPC Deere Run. I love the putting surfaces. I do know the moment I feel like I can take this place down is the moment it can bite me, so Ive still got to stay focused and keep the pedal down.Loupe topped the leaderboard at 8 under when play was suspended because of darkness. The tournament was delayed for 3 1/2 hours by a storm that dropped just over an inch of rain. The round resumed at 3:08 p.m., with none of the afternoon starters able to finish.Loupe will resume play Friday with a 6-foot par putt on the par-4 15th hole. The 27-year-old former LSU player had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the front nine and added birdies on 11, 13 and 14.Patrick Rodgers and Ryan Moore were in at 65 with Johnson, and Tom Gillis also was 6 under with two holes left.Johnson had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch in the bogey-free round that he started on the 10th tee. The 12-time PGA Tour winner capped the run on the par-5 second and also birdied the par-4 sixth.As far as the start and stop, were used to that, Johnson said. Thats not any secret. It happens all the time. Theres days where theres a 30-minute delay, theres days where, shoot, it takes 30-some odd hours to play 18 holes. Im used to it. Relaxed a little bit, ate something, worked out a little bit, that kind of thing, just to stay loose, and then went back at it.Rodgers birdied the final hole for a back-nine 31.Today was a really solid day for me, said Rodgers, the former Stanford star from Indiana. I felt like I was very consistent tee to green and gave myself a lot of opportunities to make birdies. My only bogey was a three-putt. My only missed green was in the fringe, so I played really solid golf. There wasnt a whole lot of opportunities to make mistakes.Moore eagled the par-5 17th in his opening nine, and finished with a 30-foot par save on No. 9.I was playing well and you hate to drop a shot on the last hole, the four-time tour winner said. I didnt play the hole well by any means. I didnt hit any good golf shots. But a good putt can save just about anything, and thats what happened.Jordan Spieth chose not to defend his title because he didnt think it would be appropriate in light of his decision to skip the Rio Olympics.Scott Pinckney and Scott Brown shot 66, and Geoff Ogilvy and Morgan Hoffman also were 5 under. Ogilvy completed 12 holes, and Hoffman 14.Pinckney made five straight birdies and six in a seven-hole stretch on his final nine.Honestly, I played good on both sides, but the putts started to drop, and I put it a little bit closer on the back side, Pinckney said. So, it wasnt like all of a sudden Im hitting it good.Three-time champion Steve Stricker had a 70. The 49-year-old Stricker, a former University of Illinois player from Wisconsin, won the event in 2009, 2010 and 2011.Even after the rain, the inch of rain we got, the conditions were pretty good, Stricker said. I just didnt play that sharply.Wesley Bryan has 2 under with eight holes left. He won his third Web.com Tour title of the season last week in Kansas to earn an immediate PGA Tour promotion.NCAA champion Aaron Wise was 1 under after seven holes in his PGA Tour debut as a pro. The former Oregon player won a Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada event two weeks ago in Edmonton, Alberta. 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WASHINGTON -- Bryce Harper sat out after a procedure to fix an ingrown toenail. Jayson Werth has been sidelined for a week with a bad hamstring and the plan is to put him on the disabled list. So what if two of Washingtons best hitters watched from the dugout Friday night? With extra-base hits coming from lower in the order, the Nationals extended their season-high winning streak to five games. Ian Desmonds three hits included a two-run homer and an RBI double, and Danny Espinosa and Kurt Suzuki each drove in a pair of runs with a double, helping Washington beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 for its seventh victory in the past eight games. "When your 3-hole hitters out of there," Washington manager Davey Johnson said, referring to Harper, "and you score a bunch of runs, thats big." Desmond was reminded of the manner in which the Nationals compiled a majors-best 98 wins in 2012 despite a series of injuries to everyday players. "Last year, we were missing guys throughout the whole season, pretty much," said Desmond, who singled and scored in the second, homered in the fourth and doubled in the fifth. "We just found a way." Ross Detwiler (2-3) gave up two runs in 6 2-3 innings, and Craig Stammen got the last seven outs. "He wasnt real happy when I hooked him," Johnson said about Detwiler. "Thats good. I like that." Chicagos Jeff Samardzija (1-5) lost his fifth decision in a row by allowing seven runs -- five earned -- and eight hits. He threw 73 pitches in his five innings, matching his shortest outing of the season. Samardzija said he was not bothered by a cut on his right index finger from a start April 24. "Felt good. Felt about as best as I could all year," the right-hander said. "Thats the frustrating part of it, when youve got your pitches and you feel good and you get that outcome." Making his first start in the leadoff slot this season, Chicagos Starlin Castro delivered doubles in each of his first two at-bats, including to begin the game. He made it 1-0 in the first on Anthony Rizzos groundout. Suzukis two-run double off the wall in right-centre put Washington ahead 2-1 in the second. "I never complain about getting hits. My defence is my priority, but it definitely feels good," said Suzuki, a catccher.dddddddddddd "Being in the bottom of the lineup, when guys are out there, you just want to drive them in." One of the runners who scored reached on an infield single, while the other got aboard when Samardzija failed in two attempts to start a double play by fielding the ball with his pitching hand and was charged with an error -- making both runs unearned. "That was kind of the big mess," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "Weve got to field a ground ball back to us. We seem to make a mistake, and we cant make a pitch after that." Chicago tied it in the third when Samardzija and Castro hit consecutive doubles. Castro later was thrown out at home when trying to score on Rizzos single. Right fielder Roger Bernadina, starting because Harper and Werth were out, got his second assist of the season with his throw, and Suzuki dived to tag Castro. Desmond put Washington back out front with his fifth homer, driving an 0-1 pitch barely over the wall in left to make it 4-2. Soon as the bat made contact with the ball, Samardzija spun around and yelled. Didnt get much better in the fifth, when the Nationals tacked on three more runs on consecutive doubles by Desmond and Espinosa. "Theyre due," Johnson said, "to start doing their thing." NOTES: Samardzijas lone win came on opening day against Pittsburgh. ... Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said Werth has a "very slight strain" of his hamstring and the move to the DL would be backdated to May 2. Rizzo expects Werth to be able to return the first day hes eligible, May 18. Johnson indicated Eury Perez will be called up from Triple-A Syracuse. ... Harper tweeted a photo of his bloody right big toe. Rizzo and Johnson both said they expect Harper to be available Saturday. ... The Cubs activated RHP Kyuji Fujikawa from the DL and optioned RHP Rafael Dolis to Triple-A Iowa. Fujikawa, out since April 13 with a straight right forearm, pitched a scoreless seventh inning Friday. ... On Saturday, Nationals RHP Stephen Strasburg (1-4, 3.45 ERA) will face Cubs RHP Edwin Jackson (0-5, 6.39). Jackson was with Washington last season, then signed a $52 million, four-year deal with the Cubs as a free agent. "Been a slow start to say the least. Not exactly how I had it envisioned," Jackson said. ' ' '