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SUZUKA, Japan -- Nico Rosberg has played down suggestions his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton was distracted by off-track events at the Japanese Grand Prix.Hamilton was at the centre of the medias attention in Suzuka as he returned to the paddock just one week after suffering a costly engine failure at the Malaysian Grand Prix. He was criticised by some members of the press for playing on Snapchat during Thursdays FIA press conference and on Saturday reacted by walking out of his media session after a short statement.From the outside some observers interpreted Hamiltons exchanges with the media as proof he was losing focus, but behind the Mercedes garage walls Rosberg saw his teammate in a different light.First of all I dont know any of these things because I dont see them during a race weekend and I dont know what is going on [with Hamiltons relationship with the media], but I can tell you that behind the scenes hes been as focused as ever, which he always is and especially after a setback like Malaysia, Rosberg said. He was working the longest hours I have seen him work in many months trying to get the little extra bit of lap time. Ive seen him extremely motivated and focused.Asked by one journalist if he took any encouragement from Hamiltons apparent self-destruction, Rosberg said: I havent seen any self-destruction and the Lewis I saw was massively motivated and focused. I dont see Lewis media, I know what Im doing on a race weekend and its about getting the best out of myself and not focusing on what Lewis state of mind is. Cheap Jerseys Wholesale . Andrew Luck lost his favourite target and the Indianapolis locker room lost one of its most revered leaders when Reggie Wayne was diagnosed Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will cost him the rest of the season. Cheap San Francisco 49ers Jerseys .Y. -- Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo had little trouble picking up his first shutout of the season against a Buffalo Sabres team thats having trouble scoring goals. http://www.wholesalenfljerseyschina.com/ . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. 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He held the NL East leaders scoreless over six innings, giving up five hits and striking out five.Harper then provided the games only scoring against Patrick Schuster, who threw a wild pitch, issued a walk and gave up the homer without recording an out after replacing fellow reliever Luis Garcia (1-1).The loss, Philadelphias 79th on the season, didnt diminish Eickhoffs outing.Eickhoff was outstanding again today, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. Hes been doing that consistently all year and that was a great, great performance by him.The Phillies offense was anything but great.Scherzer gave up four hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings, and struck out eight to increase his NL lead to 251.Shawn Kelley (2-2) recorded the final out of the eighth and Mark Melancon pitched ninth for his 40th save as Washington won for the fifth time in six games.Ben Reveres single with one out in the eighth started the winning rally against Garcia, who was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before the game. Daniel Murphy walked before Harpers homer.Scherzer wasnt special throughout -- he hit two batters -- and labored at times with long innings. He also got clutch outs when needed.With two runners on and one out in the first, Scherzer induced back-tto-back infield pop-ups.dddddddddddd He struck out Tommy Joseph to end the third with two runners in scoring position.No new news, we just lack offense, Mackanin said. We just cant get anything going offensively and other than that we were in every game.Eickhoffs effective work kept his side in this game.You know its going to be a battle with Scherzer, Eickhoff said. If its giving up one or two runs or no runs, youve got to find a way to keep him off the board and I was very lucky to be able to do that today.Philadelphias defense kept the game scoreless in the fourth. Jose Lobatons single with runners at first and second sent Clint Robinson around third. Center fielder Odubel Herreras throw bounced to home, where catcher Cameron Rupp shielded the plate and tagged out Robinson.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: 3B Maikel Franco pinch hit in the seventh inning after sitting out the previous two games with a sore right thumb.Nationals: RHP Joe Ross, on the disabled list since July 3 with right shoulder inflammation, threw 60 pitches during a simulation at Nationals Park Saturday. (Joe) had good velocity. ... Changeup looked like hed never been out, manager Dusty Baker said.BLANK CHECKSaturday marked the third time the Phillies were shut out by the Nationals this season and the 10th time they were held scoreless overall.UP NEXTPhillies: LHP Adam Morgan (2-9, 5.90) is 0-2 with a 5.12 ERA in three starts against Washington this season.Nationals: Gio Gonzalez (10-9, 4.40) allowed six runs and eight hits in three innings in his last start on Monday against the Braves. ' ' '