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ATLANTA -- Matt Wisler is trying to close out the season on a strong note after struggling at times for the Atlanta Braves.Ive had my ups and downs this year, he said. Ive shown that I can be really good and Ive shown I can be really bad. Its just a matter of not taking any start for granted.Adonis Garcia drove in three runs, Wisler pitched five-plus innings and Atlanta beat the Washington Nationals 6-2 in a rain-shortened game Sunday.The game was official with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. The two delays totaled 2 hours, 57 minutes.Washington has dropped two straight and needs any combination of six Nationals wins and six New York Mets losses to earn its third NL East title in five years.After a 1-hour, 7-minute delay in the top of the sixth, the Braves scored three runs in the bottom of the inning to make it 6-2 on Garcias two-run single and Freddie Freemans RBI double.Wisler (7-12) allowed two runs, five hits and struck out two in 5 2/3 innings to earn the win.He faced a limited lineup as Nationals manager Dusty Baker gave sluggers Daniel Murphy and Anthony Rendon the day off and used Ryan Zimmerman as a pinch-hitter.Today I thought I came out aggressively, made them put the ball in play, Wisler said. They were swinging kind of early. They werent squaring up a lot of balls like they were the last game (he faced them).Joe Ross (7-5), reinstated from the disabled list after missing 66 games with right shoulder inflammation, took the loss. Ross, on a pitch count, allowed one run and six hits, one run and struck out five in three innings. It was his first start since July 2.Its a welcomed sight to see him back, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.Ross trailed 1-0 in the second on Jace Petersons RBI single. He gave up three singles to begin the third, but retired the next three batters to escape the jam.Pitched myself into a jam and was able to work out of in the third, Ross said. Felt good, and thats the main thing I was concerned with today. I could have kept pitching, but probably best to keep it to three innings.Reynaldo Lopez took over in the fourth and trailed 3-0 on Dansby Swansons RBI double and Garcias RBI single.Washington made it 3-2 in the sixth. Trea Turner tripled and Jayson Werth doubled off Wisler. After the first delay ended, Bryce Harpers single off Ian Krol scored Werth.Wisler is 3-3 with a 4.83 in five career starts and one relief appearance against Washington.The Nationals went 15-4 against Atlanta this season and 36-13 in the series since June 21, 2014. They played their last game at Turner Field with the NL-worst Braves moving to a new ballpark next year.STILL STREAKINGIn 13 games against Atlanta, Turner hit .475 with five doubles, two triples, six homers, 16 RBI, seven stolen bases and 20 runs scored. ... Freeman went 2 for 3 and has a 22-game hitting streak and has reached safely in 38 straight games. Both are career highs and rank first in the majors among active streaks. ... Braves CF Ender Inciarte went 1 for 3 and leads the majors with 88 hits since the All-Star break.SWOON STOPSHarper ended a stretch of 26 plate appearances without a hit, though he did have nine walks over the span. He had two hits in 29 at-bats over his previous 10 games.UP NEXTWashington RHP A.J. 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Inbetween, he had won 11 Grands Prix and come away with an acrylic plate attached within his forehead by titanium screws.Escaping with his life from the freak accident in Hungary in 2009 brings a different kind of emotion to being World Champion for about 30 seconds at the end of the previous year. But both incidents were poignant nonetheless and actually define an impressive career. As he signals his intention to retire at the end of the year, it is just as important to note that Felipe Massa has remained the same likeable man whose dignity in defeat has been as touching as his passionate response to victory.He may not go down in history as a F1 champion, but the records fail to show how much Massa deserved the title during that dramatic season racing against Lewis Hamilton. Hungary was bought and almost paid for when the engine broke; the scandalous Crashgate affair in Singapore robbed him of another win. Ifs and Buts may have no value in the annals of sporting history but the actions of Renault were significant enough to cause a quiet man to articulate firm feelings on the subject when we spoke.When you have a [mechanical] failure, its part of the war; its part of the teams war, said Massa. But when you have a problem like Singapore, its not part of our war. Its not inside the rules and, for me, thats really something you always remember -- more than what happened [on the final lap] at Interlagos. People talk about Renault but they forget very quickly about the effect outside that. For me, it was really a shame that the FIA didnt do anything at the time. That was not right. (The Safety Car caused by Nelson Piquet Jnrs crash altered the course of the race and prompted pit stops, from which Massas Ferrari emerged dragging the fuel hose.)Massas refusal to use the expression bad luck is tempered by the fact that he is actually here to consider it. When the spring dropped out of the rear of Rubens Barrichellos Brawn during qualifying in Hungary, Felipe knew no more about its treacherous path then than he does now when recalling the impact that came close to killing him.I dont remember anything, soo I think thats good after a big accident like that, said Felipe.ddddddddddddThats the first thing. The second is that I appreciate life much more now. I understand that things can happen in a few seconds and possibly change everything. When you hear someone died in an accident, you never believe this can happen to you. Now I know it can happen to anyone. But it doesnt change the way you think when youre driving; when youre in the car, you dont think about the accident. If you do, you cannot drive.Given the apparent ease with which Massa returned to the cockpit, it is easy to overlook the unspoken turmoil created by the wait to discover if his finely honed driving had been impaired. He had no doubt in his mind. But would the reality be different? With lap times allowing no place to hide, the answer was clear. But the hidden emotion attached to trying to win a race and tick the biggest box of all would be cruelly exposed at Hockenheim in 2010 when the infamous Fernando is faster than you instruction hurt in an entirely different way to the wayward spring.Hockenheim was, for me, one of the difficult parts of my career, said Felipe. I had enough possibilities to win and the team didnt allow me. Even more frustrating, this was on the same day one year on from my accident. For me, that was unacceptable. It was a very difficult moment. I have to say that was really the worst race of my life.I was asked later if I could have ignored the message. But Im part of a team and I think you need to be professional. Because if I dont accept this and not let Fernando through, the team will do something to you after -- and nobody will know. You work for a company, you need to be professional, its part of whatever a working guy needs to do. But it was not correct and, for me, the worst part was this being on the anniversary.That moment will be expunged in the coming months and years by memories of a distinguished career marked by more than narrow-minded politicking. There will be plenty in the F1 paddock and in the wider world ready to take great pleasure if this cheerful little racer gets himself onto the podium between now and Abu Dhabi on 27 November. ' ' '