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WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals took a chance signing Mat Latos to a minor league deal in June. The move paid off on a major league mound on Monday.In his first big league start since June 7, Latos threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and one run with three walks and four strikeouts as the Nationals beat the New York Mets 8-1.Latos also hit a solo home run and Antony Rendon added a three-run shot as the Nationals increased their lead over the Mets to 10 games in the Nationals League East.I was pleased with the fastball command, said Latos. I was able to make some pitches when I needed to. I really had an out pitch where I could put away some hitters.Latos had a solid first start with the Nationals, but left the game with one out in the fifth inning with hamstring tightness. He will be reevaluated Tuesday.Reynaldo Lopez (3-3) was among three relievers to combine for 4 2/3 scoreless innings.Latos signed with Washington in June after the Chicago White Sox released him. He was added to the Nationals 40-man roster earlier this month.Ive told him its a chance to re-establish his value, said manager Dusty Baker, and get back on the board as a big-league pitcher and try to find a home and not go from team to team to team because he has good stuff.For the third straight outing Mets starter Rafael Montero (0-1) struggled with command. Montero walked three Nationals in the first inning, including Bryce Harper and Wilson Ramos with the bases loaded.Latos led off the second with a solo homer, before Daniel Murphy doubled and Harper was intentionally walked. The move backfired as Rendon then delivered his 18th homer of the season to put Washington ahead 6-1.Montero allowed five hits and six runs in 1 2/3 innings with four walks and two strikeouts. Over his last three starts, Montero has allowed 14 walks in 11 innings.Manager Terry Collins said Montero will not start again in five days.Its pretty frustrating, because he does have good stuff, Collins said. You can see when hes actually throwing strikes, you know, theres not a lot of good swings. But he gets himself in trouble because he gets behind in counts.Jose Reyes hit a leadoff double in the first and later scored on a Yoenis Cespedes RBI sac fly to give New York a short-lived 1-0 lead.Ramos and Ryan Zimmerman added RBI singles for Washington.BACKMAN NOT RETURNING:Former Mets infielder Wally Backman will not return as the organizations Triple-A manager in 2017. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson told reporters that Backman has decided to move on, after working in New Yorks minor league system since 2010.STREAKING:Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy has a hit in all 17 games against the Mets this season. 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Barry Sanders Youth Jersey . JOHNS, N. Kenny Golladay Youth Jersey .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center.Lee Faker Sang-hyeok is a two-time world champion, five-time Korean league winner and the undisputed best player to ever download the game of League of Legends. Still, as he stands after his first game of his third World Championships, he isnt satisfied.After failing to win a fourth straight Korean championship, SK Telecom T1 was considered possibly weakened heading into the biggest tournament of the year. Faker and the rest of SKT quieted any critics with a blowout of North Americas Cloud9 in the defending world champions first game of the tournament.After summer split, SKT T1 as a team improved a lot, so in my opinion I didnt expect any struggle facing C9, Faker told ESPN after notching a vintage 5/1/4 score line on Syndra. The team lived up to the expectation of mine.The Worlds opener also marked the return of Fakers longtime jungle partner Bae Bengi Seong-woong, who was used sparingly across the year in professional matches in favor of rookie jungler Kang Blank Sun-gu. Although the Blank-infused team won the spring domestic season, IEM World Championship and Mid-Season Invitational, the youngsters inconsistency at the tail end of the summer season started to plague SKT. Bengis return to the lineup couldnt have gone smoother: The veteran ended with a 3/1/4 on Elise -- a champion for which he has a personalized SKT T1 skin (although he didnt use it in the game itself).My style is that I adapt to my jungler, Faker said. Bengi and [I] have a decent coordination and decent chemistry but its [not] like it is special. He isnt the only one [I can excel alongside].Obviously the game changes a lot, Faker said when asked if after four years of playing professionally he still loves loading up the game like he did as an amateur. But the core of the game remaiins the same, I believe, so I still enjoy playing the game, somewhat.dddddddddddd I really love playing ranked games, as well.Two players Faker is constantly compared to in the western region are his main rival from Korea for the title of best player in the world, ROX Tigers ace, Song Smeb Kyung-ho, and TSMs ace of the mid lane, S?ren Bjergsen Bjerg, who has been gifted the nickname North American Faker.[Bjergsen] deserves the title of North American Faker, said the man himself. I am not at all offended by it. Hes very much talented so itll be [extremely] entertaining to face him in the tournament.I think Smeb is a very talented player, as well. But I dont consider him an absolutely overwhelming player, yet; [however] if he performs really well in this tournament he could become [one of the best].Faker said that while both players are talented, he believes Bjergsen has a higher ceiling to become a star because of the developing North American scene and how many fans support him. In North America, Bjergsen can shine the brightest. Unfortunately for Smeb, he plays in a league with the best in the world.Bjergsen has more of a chance [with American players] to be a star, Faker said.ROX Tigers, Edward Gaming, even Team SoloMid have gotten more talk than SK Telecom T1 heading into the tournament. But Faker is still confident that if the Summoners Cup comes down to SKT T1 or ROX, he likes his chances.When we didnt make it to the Korean finals during the summer split, our condition was very bad, he said. Over the course of time weve recovered, so if we play [ROX] in the tournament, I think we have a higher chance of beating them. 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