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WASHINGTON -- The Baltimore Orioles hated giving up a day off to face the Washington Nationals on the road before heading to Toronto. A victory over their neighbouring rivals made the detour much more tolerable. Caleb Joseph homered and drove in three runs, J.J. Hardy had four hits and Baltimore beat Washington 7-3 on Monday night in a duel between first-place teams. Nick Markakis homered for the Orioles, who trailed 3-1 before rallying for their eighth win in 11 games. The game was a makeup of the July 8 contest that was postponed by rain. A sellout crowd of 42,181 -- many of them wearing Oriole orange -- showed up to watch teams located just 38 miles apart on I-295. The Orioles wanted the makeup game to be played in the afternoon, but the Nationals nixed the request. So Baltimore planned on taking a red-eye to Toronto for a three-game showdown between the top two teams in the AL East. "It was a tough one, and then again tomorrow and the next day," manager Buck Showalter said. "These guys get to sleep around 5 or 6. Its part of what we have to go through to get what were trying to get done." Hardy and Ryan Flaherty opened the seventh with successive doubles off Tanner Roark (11-7) to tie it at 3. Delmon Young followed with an RBI single -- making him 9 for 17 as a pinch-hitter this season -- and Adam Jones capped the uprising with a run-scoring single, Baltimores sixth hit of the inning. Young has been a significant contributor in his first season with the Orioles, whether starting or coming off the bench. "He got a big hit," Showalter said. "He works so hard at it. I see him rattling in the cage from the first or second inning on." Joseph singled in two runs in the eighth to make it 7-3. Kevin Gausman (6-3) gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings for the Orioles. "I definitely had to grind through that one," he said. "I think it was kind of huge to get through six there." Washingtons lead over Atlanta in the NL East slipped to three games and Baltimore increased its margin over Toronto to four games. Roark allowed five runs, the most he yielded in 16 starts since May 3. He won his previous four starts, allowing only one run in each game. "The ball was up, elevated, I wasnt hitting my spots," he said. "If the balls up and Im not hitting spots, Im going to get hit hard." He gave up seven hits, including two homers. Roark hadnt allowed more than one home run in a game since that May 3 game against the Phillies. "Theyre in first place for a reason," he said of the Orioles. "They hit the ball, and they showed it tonight." Wilson Ramos put the Nationals up 1-0 in the second inning with his first home run since July 9, against the Orioles. Joseph homered in the third, the first run against Washington in 23 innings. In the bottom half, Jayson Werth hit a sacrifice fly after a double by Denard Span, who has reached via a hit or walk in 30 straight games. Markakis made it 3-2 in the fifth with his 10th home run, matching his total of last season. TRAINING ROOM: Orioles: Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (right ankle sprain) has completed his rehabilitative work in the minors and could be activated from the DL as soon as Friday. Nationals: Washington placed outfielder Nate McLouth on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. Outfielder Steven Souza Jr. was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. ON DECK: Orioles: Baltimore will start right-hander Bud Norris on Tuesday night in Toronto. Hes 2-0 with a 1.83 ERA against Toronto this season. Nationals: Gio Gonzalez (6-7) starts Tuesday for Washington in the opener of a three-game series against the New York Mets, who are 1-5 against the Nationals this year. JOHNSON RETURN? Released by Oakland over the weekend, former Orioles right-hander Jim Johnson worked out for Baltimore at the teams training complex in Florida. 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Rob Deer Brewers Jersey .com) - Eric Fehr and Marcus Johansson each registered a pair of goals, as Washington spoiled the head coaching debut of Peter Horachek by picking up a 6-2 victory in Toronto on Wednesday.BATHURST, N.B. - Nicholas Blanchard scored the go-ahead goal at 9:58 of the third period and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan held on for a 4-3 win over the Charlottetown Islanders in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.Raphael Corriveau and Mark Simpson had a goal and an assist apiece for the Titan (5-9-0), who outshot their opponent 44-27. Anthony Gingras also scored and Guillaume Brisebois chipped in with two assists.Kameron Kielly, Alexandre Goulet and Mitchell Balmas replied for the Islanders (6-6-2).Jacob Brennan started in net for Acadie-Bathurst, stopping 12 of 15 shots through 40 minutes. Alexandre Lagace was perfect on 12 shots in the third period.Charlottetowns Daryl MacCallum made 40 saves in the losing effort.The Titan were 1 for 2 on the power play while the Islanders scored once on three chances with the man advantage.---REMPARTS 7 SAGUENEENS 2QUEBEC CITY — Adam Erne scored three goals and assisted on another to power the Remparts past the Sagueneens.Nikolas Brouillard and Dmytro Timashov had a goal and two assists apiece for Quebec (8-5-0), and Zachery Moody also scored.Laurent Dauphin and Charles Guevremont replied for Chicoutimi (5-8-1).---PHOENIX 2 VOLTIGEURS 0SHERBROOKE, Que. — Evan Fitzpatrick made 26 saves as the Phoenix blanked the Voltigeurs.Raphael Lafontaine scored a power-play goal and tacked on an assist for West Division-leading Sherbrooke (10-4-0). Kay Schweri also scored.Joe Fleschler kicked aside 31 shots for the Voltiguers (5-5-2).---SCREAMING EAGLES 4 MOOSEHEADS 1SYDNEY, N.S. — Darcy Cameron scored into an empty net at 18:47 of the third period, and picked up two assists to lead Cape Breton over Halifax.Jason Bell, Kyle Farrell and Evgeny Svechnikov also struck for the Screaming Eagles (7-7-1), who scored all four of their goals in the final period. Maxim Lazarev contributed with two helpers.Philippe Gadoury scored the lone goal for the Mooseheads (4-7-2) at 2:40 of the second period.dddddddddddd---ARMADA 3 OLYMPIQUES 2BOISBRIAND, Que. — Nikita Jevpalovs scored the eventual winner at 17:12 of the second period to push the Armada past the Olympiques.Danick Martel had a goal and an assist and Yvan Mongo rounded out the offence for Blainville-Boisbriand (6-6-2), which attacked with three straight goals through the first and second periods.Alex Dostie scored the first goal of the game on the power play for Gatineau (7-5-3). Alexis Pepin added another power-play goal at 18:35 of the second period.---DRAKKAR 3 OCEANIC 2 (SO)RIMOUSKI, Que. — Maxime St-Cyr scored the only goal of the shootout to lead the Drakkar over the Oceanic in a battle of the top two East Division teams.Dzmitry Ambrozheichik scored a power-play goal in the second period for Baie-Comeau (9-4-1), and Matthiew Desaultels found the back of the net at 11:59 of the third period to tie the game.Michael Joly and Samuel Laberge scored for the division-leading Oceanic (10-4-1).---TIGRES 4 CATARACTES 3SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Angelo Micelis power-play goal at 6:53 of the second period held up as the winner as the Tigres went on the defeat the Cataractes.Yan Pavel Laplante had a goal and an assist for Victoriaville (7-4-2), and Nikita Li and Antoine Marcoux also scored.Zachary Taylor, Alex Pawelcyz and Anthony Beauvillier responded for Shawinigan (6-7-2). James Phelan and Kris Hodge had two assists apiece.---HUSKIES 5 FOREURS 3VAL-dOR, Que. — Mathieu Lemay scored twice in the third period, including an empty-net goal with 28 seconds to go to cap a Huskies comeback win over the Foreurs.Jeremy Lauzon, Mathieu Boucher, and Francis Perron also struck for Rouyn-Noranda (9-5-0), which trailed 3-2 midway through the final period.Julien Gauthier had a power-play goal for the Foreurs (5-8-1), and Anthony Richard and Stephen Anderson also scored.--- ' ' '