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PHILADELPHIA -- Gio Gonzalez is now getting results to match his fine performances. Gonzalez tossed seven sharp innings, the Nationals hit a pair of consecutive homers off Cliff Lee and Washington beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 Wednesday night. Anthony Rendon and Wilson Ramos hit back-to-back shots off Lee to start the fifth and Ryan Zimmerman and Jayson Werth did it to open the sixth. Gonzalez (7-3) gave up one run and six hits, striking out five to win his fourth straight start. The lefty has eight quality starts in a row. "I got in a couple jams against a good-hitting team, but the defence came through with some double plays," Gonzalez said. Before his winning streak began on June 25, Gonzalez had been winless in eight previous starts despite posting a 2.18 ERA in that span. He hasnt changed anything. Only now, the Ws are piling up like last year when Gonzalez was 21-8. "I have the same focus and trying to attack the strike zone," he said. Lee (10-3) had allowed nine homers in his first 135 2-3 innings this year before yielding four in a span of eight batters. "All four I felt were good pitches," Lee said. "When its hot here, the ball carries. I got to do a better job inducing ground balls." Darin Ruf hit a solo shot for the Phillies, who failed to reach .500 for the first time since June 7. Lee allowed four runs and nine hits in seven innings. The All-Star lefty gave up multiple homers in a game once before this season in a 4-2 win over Washington on June 18. "He throws a lot of strikes so you have to be aggressive early," Ramos said. "He throws strikes so you dont have to wait for one pitch to hit." Lee threw just 76 pitches, 64 of which were strikes. "Sometimes when hes like that, nobody hits him," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "His stuff was good. They got four balls airborne and they went out of the yard." The defending NL East champion Nationals, who moved within five games of first-place Atlanta, lost the first two of this four-game set against Philadelphia. The Phillies are 2 1/2 behind Washington. Rendon lined an 0-2 pitch to left to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead in the fifth. Ramos followed with an opposite-field shot to right. Zimmerman connected on an 0-2 pitch in the sixth, hitting a towering drive to left-centre. Werth followed with a shot to left. "This park should make you more aggressive," Nats manager Davey Johnson said. "Lee likes to throw the cutter. We were ready for it." Ruf hit an opposite-field drive to right with two outs in the seventh for his first with the Phillies this season. Ruf had 38 homers at Double-A Reading last year and three more in a brief stint in Philadelphia. NOTES: The Nationals have hit back-to-back homers six times this season. ... Zimmerman was 4 for 23 with seven strikeouts against Lee before going deep. ... 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Toulon suffered a shock opening?28-23?defeat at?Bayonne?on Sunday.Leigh Halfpenny kicked two conversions and three penalties but it was not enough for the 2014-15?European Rugby Champions Cup winners.Jean Monribot went over twice while Gregory Arganese also crossed for Bayonne.?Martin Bustos Moyano added five points with a conversion and a penalty after just three minutes, while?Willie du Plessis kicked eight points.Romain Taofifenua crossed with nine minutes remaining, adding to?Charles Ollivons earlier score for the visitors just before the half hour, but Bayonne managed to hold on.On Saturday, Daniel Carters three penalties were not enough for Racing 92 as they fell to a 15-9 defeat at the hands of?Bordeaux Begles.Bordeaux had to see out the last 10 minutes out without?Louis-Benoit Madaule after he was dismissed, but held on thanks to five earlier penalties from?Ian Madigan.The Irish fly-half opened the scoring on 14 minutes, and added his second penalty on 31.?Madigan then added three more to his tally in the second half to give the Begles a convincing win.Meanwhile, Castres completed a 28-11 victory over Pau with four different players getting on the scoresheet.However, it was Pau who struck first, with Jale Vatubua crossing the whitewash on 17 minutes.?It didnt take long for Castres to hit back though, with?Alex Tulou, Thomas Combezou, and Eric Sione combining for three tries.Centre?Benjamin Urdapilleta added to Castres tally with two conversions and three penalties.Elsewhere, Lyon and Brive played out an thrilling 15-15 tie in a battle between?Frederic Michalak and?Gaetan Germain.Michalak, 33, claimed all of Lyons points with five penalties, thrree in the first half and two in the second.dddddddddddd?Brives fullback Germain matched Michalaks five penalties, with the dramatic fifth coming just four minutes from time.Stade Toulousain secured a 20-12 victory over Montpellier Herault with Alexais Palisson and Florian Fritz both going over.Sebastien Bezy converted both tries, in the 11th and 54th minutes, as well as kicking a second-half penalty.?Gael Fickou had added scored the hosts only other penalty in the first half.All of Montpelliers points came from the boot of Ben Botica.Clermont Auvergne were denied victory after La Rochelle claimed a dramatic 30-30 draw in what was a thrilling, back-and-forth contest.Morgan Parra scored two late penalties in the space of four minutes to give the visitors a 27-24 lead eight minutes from time.?However, Brock James landed his third penalty with three minutes to go to give La Rochelle a share of the points.Parra converted first-half tries from Noa Nakaitaci, Arthur Iturria and David Strettle, as well as kicking three penalties.?Gabriel Lacroix and Ricky Januarie went over for the hosts in the 10th and 60th minutes respectively.Stade Francais Paris thrashed Grenoble 54-20 thanks to an inspired performance from?Jules Plisson.The French fly-half bagged seven penalties, four in the first half and three in the second.Gilles Bosch claimed a conversion and two penalties for Grenoble, but it was not enough for the visitors.Paul Williams, Remy Bonfils, Clement Daguin, Hugh Pyle and Waisea Nayacalevu were also among the scorers for Paris. 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