PHOENIX -- With two of the Arizona Diamondbacks best options at closer dealt at the trading deadline, rookie Jake Barrett has been handed the job. Hes having a rough time adjusting to it.Manager Chip Hale said hell look forward to getting Barrett back on the mound as soon as Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers, but more outings like Wednesdays could change Barretts role again.Barrett was charged with four runs in two-thirds of an inning as the Washington turned a one-run game into another convincing victory, 8-3 over the Diamondbacks, to complete a three-game sweep.We put him in to keep that one-run deficit, Hale said of Barrett. Felt good about coming back in the ninth. Just couldnt get that third out. Got the first two and then that third one ... The walks hurt him. Tough luck, but weve got to turn it around.Barrett didnt have much to say after walking in a run and with one of the three free passes he issued, plus two hits.I was just going out there trying to make my pitches. It just wasnt happening, he said.Arizona lost its fourth straight and sixth in seven games. The Diamondbacks are winless in nine Wednesday games at home this season.The Diamondbacks battled against All-Star Max Scherzer, who struck out 11 in eight innings. Scherzer also delivered a two-run single to help his cause.Scherzer (12-6) allowed three runs on four hits, giving up two homers, and walked one. He is 3-0 in four starts against his former team, which drafted the four-time All-Star and former Cy Young Award winner No. 11 overall in 2006.Daniel Murphys sixth-inning solo home run broke a 1-1 tie before Scherzer bounced a single up the middle with the bases loaded and two outs, driving in Anthony Rendon and Danny Espinosa.Any time you can do something at the plate to help your team, it really puts a smile on everybodys face, Scherzer said.I didnt make a pitch. I threw a cutter that just ran in like a fastball and he put a good swing on it and got it back up the middle and got a hit. Tip your hat to him. He put a good at-bat together, Diamondbacks starter Zack Godley said of Scherzer.Godley (3-2) allowed four runs and eight hits with seven strikeouts and a walk in six innings.Scherzer held the Diamondbacks hitless for four innings, but David Peralta led off the bottom of the fifth with a double to left field. Peralta advanced to third on a wild pitch, and with one out, scored when Bryce Harper dropped a sliding catch of Brandon Drurys shallow fly ball to right.That tied the game at 1, after Trea Turners second career home run and first of 2016 came with one out in the top of the third.The Nationals went ahead 4-1 in the sixth before Jake Lambs solo shot in the bottom of the inning. It was Lambs second homer in as many days.Yasmany Tomas cut the Nationals lead to one with a home run in the seventh, the first time in his career hes gone deep in consecutive games.The Nationals scored the four runs in the ninth off Barrett, on Espinosas RBI ground-rule double, a walk and Clint Robinsons two-run pinch-hit single.The guys that are throwing the pitches are good enough, they just need to execute better, Hale said. Locate better, pitch selection better, which the catchers and the pitchers are both responsible. I hate to make a blanket statement. I think the guys throwing the pitches when were struggling are good enough to get people out, we just need to keep working with them to make them better.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: Harper returned to the lineup after missing Tuesdays game because of illness. ... IF Ryan Zimmerman remained out with a wrist injury; he hasnt played since July 31 at San Francisco.UP NEXTNationals: The club had yet to name a starting pitcher for Friday at home against San Francisco after Thursdays day off.Diamondbacks: RHP Braden Shipley (1-1) is set for his third major league start Friday against Milwaukee, after making his major league debut July 25 against the Brewers on the road. Hes coming off six scoreless innings at Los Angeles on July 30. Discount Swell Bottles . -- Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings was selected Monday to his second straight Pro Bowl, while guard Kyle Long made it after a solid rookie season. Real Wood Water Bottle . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. http://www.swellbottlesnz.com/swell-bottle-marble-nz-sale.html . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. sWell Bottle Stockists .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Swell Bottle Ombre . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. Indias Aditi Ashok will tee off from the tenth tee in the first round of her LPGA qualifying tournament in Rancho Mirage, California on Thursday evening. Aditi, whose 41st-place finish at the Olympics has seen her world ranking improve to 422nd, will be teeing off alongside world number 668 Rachel Raastad of Norway, and amateur Ayaka Nakayama of Japan, at 8:25 pm IST.The field of 347 players for this, the first stage of qualifying, has Aditi as the lone Indian in the fray. The top 60 players (along with players tying for the 60th spot) from this week will then advance to the final stage of qualifying, slated to be hosted by Florida in October.Aditi, who led the Rio leaderboard at one stage in the second round of the first womens golf event at the Olympics in 116 years, has said that she wants to build on her performance in Rio, seeking inspiration from some of her golf heroes that she met during her stay in Rio.Playing in Rio was my goal since 2012, and I made it happen, so I was really excited, Aditi told the LPGA website about her Olympic experience. I had a great experience and I was top 10 after two days. I wish I carried on that form, but it was a great week and Im sure the experience will help me in future tournaments.At thee course, I got to spend time with Annika (Sorenstam) and Gary Player.dddddddddddd Being a part of the biggest sporting event in the world is just great. The format of the tournament is 72 holes of stroke play competition, with the cut to be decided after the third round concludes on Saturday.All players who will complete 54 holes will receive status to compete on the Symetra Tour -- the LPGAs official development tour -- for 2017. This will not apply, however, to any player who scores 88 or higher before the cut is made, in which case that player will automatically be withdrawn from the qualifying tournament.Aditi had to play her practice rounds with a rented set of clubs as her own equipment took some time to arrive from Rio de Janeiro, but this hasnt deterred the 18-year-old from aiming big in a tournament she failed to play one year back because she didnt meet the minimum age requirement.Ever since I started playing golf, I wanted to play on the LPGA, Aditi was quoted telling the LPGA website. Every step from now on will be one closer to my goal of playing on the LPGA against the best in the world. ' ' '