e is working on themselves and you come together as a team youre a better team.Weve got a long way to go.Ninkovich said the players are ready to hit someone on a different team, and theyll get the

NEW YORK -- Noah Syndergaard knows he needs to speed up.Not his fastball; he throws harder than most anyone. His delivery, thats whats still way too slow.Bryce Harper hit two doubles and became the latest player to swipe a base against Syndergaard as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 4-1 Friday night.Washington won its fourth in a row and leads the NL East by 10 1/2 games over the wild card-contending Mets. Like a lot of teams, the Nationals came out running on Syndergaard, stealing four bases in the early innings.In the next five days, going to work on getting quicker again, he said.Tall and slow to the plate, Syndergaard has had 45 runners steal with him on the mound -- the most against any pitcher since Hideo Nomo in 2001, ESPN Stats & Info said. Only six runners have been caught with Syndergaard pitching.Trea Turner led off the game with a single, stole two bases and scored on Harpers sacrifice fly.Yeah, hes real fast, very aggressive, and Noahs going to have trouble with those kind of guys, Mets manager Terry Collins said.Harper doubled with one out in the fourth, stole his 19th base with two outs and came home on a single by Wilson Ramos.Its all around the league that he doesnt hold runners yet, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.Baker said the strategy does more than set up runs. It also seems to rankle Syndergaard.Hes prideful, Baker said. After a steal, he added, he looks at the runner and doesnt like it very much.Syndergaard (12-8) gave up just three hits in seven innings and retired his final 10 batters.Along with shutting down the Nationals in the middle innings, Syndergaard might have shut down the crowd, too. Earlier this week, he wrote on Twitter and said on video that he wasnt a fan of fans doing the wave.Harpers double set up Anthony Rendons two-run single in the ninth.Daniel Murphy singled in the ninth, and has a hit in all 14 games against the Mets this season. He also stole a base against the team he boosted to the World Series last year.A.J. Cole (1-1) earned his first major league win, giving up one run and three hits in six innings. He struck out five in his fourth career start.Asdrubal Cabrera homered for the sixth time in eight games, sending a drive over the right-center wall in the Mets fourth. His 19th home run came one pitch after he hit a long fly that barely hooked foul into the upper deck in right field.Mark Rzepczynski, Koda Glover, Oliver Perez and Mark Melancon combined for three innings of scoreless relief. Melancon closed for his 38th save.CABRERAS POWEROf Cabreras 19 home runs, 18 have come as a shortstop. Thats one behind the club record for the position set by current teammate Jose Reyes in 2006.COVER CHARGEReyes struck out twice in going 0 for 4, but he still managed to knock the cover off the ball. Literally, he did. In the first inning, Reyes hit a foul that kept spinning quickly in the batters box, with a flap of the ball coming loose. Reyes and Ramos watched it spin into the dirt for several seconds.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (sore elbow) threw a bullpen and was feeling good, Baker said. There was no timetable for his return to the rotation, but Baker figured probably pretty soon.Mets: Collins said LHP Steven Matz (shoulder tightness) will head to the teams spring training complex in Florida after this weekend and start throwing again Monday. Matz is on the disabled list and hasnt pitched since Aug. 14.UP NEXTNationals: RHP Tanner Roark (14-7, 2.87 ERA) is 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA at Citi Field in seven games, four of them starts.Mets: RHP Robert Gsellman (1-1, 3.72) makes his second major league start. Among those in attendance will be Laurie Hernandez, who won a gold medal with the U.S. Olympic womens gymnastics team and will throw out the first ball. Vapormax Flyknit Soldes . The Hall of Fame defenceman told Landsberg that he believes fighting still has a place in todays game, but thinks staged fighting needs be outlawed. Site Vapormax Pas Cher . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts. http://www.chaussurepascherchine.fr/grossiste-jordan-1.html . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. Vapormax Plus Soldes . "Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference. Chaussure Pas Cher Site Chinois .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Defensive end Rob Ninkovich said the New England Patriots defense has a long way to go to get ready for Sept. 11 opener at Arizona.Its early in camp. We still have a lot of days here to get better, Ninkovich said Thursday. Obviously, you get pads on youre starting to build that foundation of communication.We got a long way to go here through camp. Theres no light yet.While much of the camp focus has been on the offense, which will be missing quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games because of his Deflategate suspension and has key players returning from surgery, the defense is getting used to life without Chandler Jones.The Patriots finished second in the league with 49 sacks last season -- and Jones led the way with 12 1/2 sacks. Jones was traded to Arizona during the offseason and will line up against his old team on opening night in Glendale, Arizona.Ninkovich, who had 6 1/2 sacks last season, is expected to pick up some of the production without Jones.Chan was a great teammate -- a good friend of mine, Im definitely going to miss him as a friend and I wish him nothing but the best going forward, Ninkovich said.Hes a great football player and everyone is going to have to step up without him, but thats just the name of the game.Theres always going to be change. Ive been here eight years and Ive seen a lot of guys come and go. You just have to move on and the next guys gotta perform -- thats just the name of the business.As far as opening night, and seeing Jones, Ninkovich says, You have to look at him across the field and hope he doesnt do what he does best.Defensive end Chris Long and tackle Terrance Knighton have been added to the front seven for a team that finished ninth in the league in team defense and 10th in points allowed.Cornerback Cyrus Jones was the teams top draft pick -- No. 60 in the draft -- and has looked good.I felt last year we got better throughout the season, safety Devin McCourty said. A lot of young guys -- juust trying to build on that and get that going this year.dddddddddddd.Any time you lose a great player like Chan, different guys have to step up and take on different roles, especially in our defense, he plays so many different roles. But I think were got guys here who can handle all the different situations -- maybe not one guy but a group of guys.Knighton said hes trying to learn as fast as he can to avoid be the weak link.Long likes what he sees from his new teammates, the way they go about their business. Im just trying to do the best that I can to fit in to that group, he said.Said Ninkovich: Defensively we really have to get better individually. Thats what the training camp is for, work on your fundamentals and footwork, hand placement so youre becoming a better football player. At the end of the day, when everyone is working on themselves and you come together as a team youre a better team.Weve got a long way to go.Ninkovich said the players are ready to hit someone on a different team, and theyll get the chance to do that next Tuesday and Wednesday, when the New Orleans Saints visit for joint workouts before the preseason opener next Thursday night.Game notes Tom Brady was intercepted by safety Duron Harmon for the second time in camp Thursday. ... Jimmy Garoppolo had a strong day, unofficially at 10 for 10 at one point. ... With the wide receiver position thin as Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola continue rehabbing offseason surgeries and others banged up, Chris Harper had a good day -- including beating corner Logan Ryan by 5 yards and hauling in a long pass from Brady. ... Fullback James Develin beat Ninkovich on a wheel route and caught a long pass from Garoppolo. ... Offensive lineman Bryan Stork is out, reportedly with his fourth concussion in four years.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '