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WASHINGTON -- Manager Dusty Baker has a simple cure for the suddenly scuffling Washington Nationals.Some timely hitting.Starter Tanner Roark was outpitched by rookie Luis Perdomo, Matt Kemp homered twice and drove in four runs, and the San Diego Padres beat the Nationals 5-3 on Friday night.Jayson Werth and Daniel Murphy homered, but the Nationals managed just four other hits as they lost for the fourth time in five games.People ask me what do we need? We need some timely two-out base hits. Not home runs, Baker said. We rely on home runs, which is fine. But you need some timely two-out hits or two or three consecutive hits, which we arent getting.Bryce Harper isnt worried.I dont think we need to change much at all. I think were a great team, he said. I think were swinging the bats well. I think were winning ball games and doing what we need to do.Kemp hit a solo shot in the first inning and gave San Diego the lead for good with a three-run homer in the fifth. He has six homers in his last six games and the Padres have homered in 20 straight, the longest streak in the National League this season.Perdomo (4-4) gave up two first-inning runs, then limited the National to two hits over the final six innings of his longest outing.The 22-year-old has come a long way since allowing six runs to the Dodgers in one relief inning in his Major League debut. Hes 3-0 in his last four games with a 3.47 ERA.Brandon Maurer pitched 1 1/3 innings for his fourth save.Tanner Roark (9-6) turned in his shortest outing since June 5, lasting just five innings. He allowed five runs on four hits and surrendered two homers in a game for the first time this season.I didnt have my best stuff by any means tonight, Roark said. I stunk.Both teams were warned after Washingtons Oliver Perez hit Brett Wallace with a pitch to open the ninth.Washington pitchers hit three batters and San Diego hurlers hit one.Wilson Ramos had three hits for Washington.San Diego trailed 2-1 when Wallace was hit leading off the fifth and scored on a two-out single by Melvin Upton Jr. After Ryan Schimpf walked, Kemp homered to center off a 2-1 Roark fastball for his 22nd of the season.Murphys solo shot pulled Washington to 5-3 in the eighth.Kemp made it 1-0 when he deposited Roarks 3-1 pitch into the Padres bullpen.He left a couple of (fastballs) up there in the zone, Kemp said of his home runs.Werth tied it in the bottom of the first with a liner to center for his 12th home run. He has reached base in 26 consecutive games.Harper then walked, stole second and scored on Ramos single.MURPHY MASHINGMurphy has hit safely in nine straight games. 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Alisson Brazil Jersey . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games. MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin Garnett has decided to retire after 21 seasons in the NBA, leaving a legacy as one of the best defensive players in league history and one of the games most influential and intense competitors.Garnett posted a farewell video on Friday, four days before the Minnesota Timberwolves are set to open training camp. He narrates the short, black-and-white video that shows him walking alone through Target Center with sunglasses on.Im just thankful. I cant even put that into words, Garnett says. Im just thankful. Im just thankful for everybody and the love. I never would have thought that people love me like this. But, for it to be reality is just something else, man. Man.Garnett informed the Timberwolves of his decision to retire Friday. The team will waive the franchise icon, which will allow him to collect his entire $8 million salary for the 2016-17 season.The San Antonio Spurs made the same move with Tim Duncan when he retired this summer.It has been a real joy to watch KG come into the league as a young man and watch him develop his skills to become one of the very best in the NBA, Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said in a statement. I have treasured the opportunity to see him grow as a leader. I wish him continued success in the next chapter of his life. His Minnesota fans will always cherish the memories he has provided.Team president and coach Tom Thibodeau, who coached Garnett as an assistant with the Celtics during their title-winning season in 2007-08, said in a statement Saturday: His fierce competitiveness, his unequaled passion for the game, and the many ways in which he cared about this team was truly special. KG is without question the all-time best player to wear a Minnesota Timberwolves jersey, and he is also one of the best ever to play the game.The 40-year-old Garnett put the Timberwolves on the map by turning one of the most hapless franchises in professional sports into a perennial playoff team.Garnett came into the league straight from high school in 1995, the first player to do so in two decades. He was a skinny 7-footer with a bright smile and a versatile game when the Timberwolves took a chance and plucked him from Chicagos Farragut Academy with the fifth overall pick.His success opened the door for a new generation of teenagers to pour into the NBA.The decision was considered a risk at the time, but Garnetts success paved the way for Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Tracy McGrady to follow him.Some of them, like James, Bryant and Jermaine ONeal, were wildly successful. Others like Korleone Young, Kwame Brown and Eddy Curry flamed out.The influx of youth into the league prompted the NBA to adopt a rule that required players to play at least one year of college, and that wasnt the only major change brought about in part because of Garnett.Through his basketball career, Garnett insisted on being listed at 6-foot-11 even though he was at least 2 inches taller. He didnt want to be pigeon-holed as a big man who needed to stay around the basket when he was so much more.Known as the Big Ticket, Garnett could handle the ball, shoot it from outside, take an opponent off the dribble and post up as well while being able to guard all five positions. He was one of five players to play at least 50,000 minutes, and his practice habits are the stuff of legend.Garnett also made more than $330 million in his career, the most by any player in league history, and owners dug their heels in during a lengthy lockout in 1997 after a 21-year-old Garnett signed a six-year, $126 million deal.He won the MVP award in 2004 after leading the Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals and later teamed with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen to revive the Celtics as an Eastern Conference power. Garnett played six seasons after being traded to Boston after spending his first 12 seasons in Minnesota.dddddddddddds a Celtic, Garnett won his only championship ring in 2008.Everything changed the day Kevin arrived in Boston, Celtics co-owner and managing partner Wyc Grousbeck said in a statement. From that moment we knew we would get to the Finals and have a chance to win. Ive never met such a relentless competitor or such a great teammate.He was unyielding on the court, bumping his head on the basketball support while muttering to himself and working up a sweaty lather before the opening tip. One of his trademark moves was to block the shot of an opposing player who tried to get a freebie after a foul was called. The message was clear: Nothing was going to be easy with him prowling the paint.Very few players can affect an organization like Kevin did here in Boston, both on and off the court, Celtics president Danny Ainge said. He led our team by example every day with his drive, his passion, and his relentless commitment to winning. While always putting team ahead of individual, Kevin earned his place among the greatest players in Celtic and NBA history.He spent a forgettable season and a half with the Brooklyn Nets before the late Flip Saunders convinced Garnett to agree to a trade to return to Minnesota at the deadline in 2015.During his second stint with the Wolves, he served as a mentor to youngsters like Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins, Gorgui Dieng and Zach LaVine, instilling in them a sense of intensity and professionalism that helped lay the foundation for what the team hopes is a breakout year for the upcoming season.You know how much Im gonna miss playing with you and just simply having you around, Towns wrote on Instagram . Congrats on having one of the greatest careers the game has ever seen. We talked. I know what I must do. Ill take it from here.Garnett had contemplated returning for a 22nd season, which no player has ever done. But knee issues limited him to just 85 games over the past two seasons, and after Saunders died from Hodgkins lymphoma