WASHINGTON - Aaron Harang outdueled Stephen Strasburg, Justin Upton drove in three runs and the Atlanta Braves avoided a series sweep in Washington with a 6-2 win over the Nationals on Wednesday. Cheap Curry Shoes For Sale . The Braves snapped a three-game losing streak as Harang (11-10) held the NL East leaders to one unearned run over seven innings. Uptons RBI single in the sixth broke a 1-all tie, and he added a two-run double off reliever Ryan Mattheus during a three-run seventh. Strasburg (11-11) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings. Bryce Harper homered for Washington, which had won three straight. B.J. Upton homered for the wild card-contending Braves. Washington leads Atlanta by eight games in the division. Washington won the opening two games of the series, and success against Atlanta has been historically difficult for the Nationals and Strasburg. The Nationals dropped to 6-10 this season against the Braves, though they had won five of the previous seven games. They have not swept Atlanta in Washington since 2008. Strasburg has not earned a win against the Braves since Aug. 21, 2012. In four starts this season against Atlanta, the righty is 0-2 with a 7.18 ERA. The NL strikeout leader fanned eight, but lost for the first time since August 8. Strasburg entered with a 3-0 record in his previous five starts. Harang struggled recently, going 0-3 with a 7.98 ERA in his last three starts. That version didnt show Wednesday. He struck out nine and surrendered six while improving to 2-0 with an 0.90 ERA versus Washington this season. Kevin Frandsen had three singles for the Nationals. TRAINERS ROOM Braves: C Evan Gattis (strep throat) returned to the locker room after spending the previous two days at the teams hotel. Manager Fredi Gonzalez kept him out of Wednesdays lineup and said Gattis will likely serve as Atlantas designated hitter for the upcoming series in Texas. Nationals: 3B Anthony Rendon (illness) and SS Ian Desmond (back tightness) were kept out of the starting lineup. Desmond left Tuesdays game after five innings with back tightness. Nationals manager Matt Williams said the shortstop could have played Wednesday. UP NEXT Braves: LHP Alex Wood (10-10, 2.90) starts Friday against the Rangers. Nationals: Tanner Roark (12-10, 2.97) faces Bartolo Colon (13-11, 3.96) on Thursday as the Nationals begin a four-game series at the New York Mets. Cheap Under Armour Curry Shoes . Week 2s biggest games include Florida facing Miami and Notre Dame travelling to the Big House to conclude their rivalry against Michigan in primetime on TSN2 and TSN 1050. Curry Shoes Outlet . Browns advice worked. Irving scored 20 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, and Cleveland defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 88-82 Saturday night. Irving made his first shot of the night on a layup a little over three minutes into the game. http://www.curryshoescheap.com/ . The Flames are in the midst of a six-game slide (0-5-1), their longest losing streak since an 0-6-3 skid from Jan. 11-28, 2010. They havent won since Nov. 3 in Chicago and most recently went winless on a three-game homestand.Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Mathieu Perreault continued his hot play of late with two goals to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Perreault has tallied five goals and four assists over an eight-game point streak. Blake Wheeler finished with a goal and an assist, Bryan Little and Anthony Peluso also scored and Andrew Ladd supplied two helpers for the Jets, who improved to 3-0-1 over their last four games. Michael Hutchinson, who posted a 33-save shutout in Winnipegs 1-0 over Chicago on Nov. 2, was stellar once again, turning aside 38 shots for the win. Hutchinson was good for us and made some key saves at the right times, said Perreault. When we got our chances, we were able to put them in. Marian Hossa scored Chicagos lone goal and Antti Raanta made 11 saves in relief of Corey Crawford, who was yanked after allowing three goals on 13 shots during the first period. I think weve been in every hockey game except for tonight, Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville said. Disappointing ending to a very good stretch. The Blackhawks had an eight-game home winning streak come to an end. Perreault continued his hot stretch with a wrist shot over Crawforrds right shoulder for the games first goal at 9:04 of the first. Wholesale Curry Shoes. Just over four minutes later, Wheeler stripped a defender of the puck along the boards and sent it to Ladd. Little received a pass from Ladd and made it a 2-0 game with his rising wrister. Peluso batted a loose puck in the crease past Crawford to make it a 3-0 game with 4:30 remaining in Winnipegs dominant opening stanza. The Jets continued to pepper the Blackhawks in the second as Perreault snuck a wrister past a screened Raanta at 8:16 on the power play. Brandon Saad sent a lead pass through the neutral zone to Hossa, who barreled in on a breakaway and beat Hutchinsons glove with a wrister, putting Chicago on the board with 7:55 remaining in the middle frame. The Blackhawks, hoping to spark a comeback, pulled Raanta with just under five minutes to play, but Wheeler sealed the outcome with an empty-net marker. Game Notes Perreault tied Toby Enstrom and Evander Kane, who had similar point streaks during the 2012-13 season ... Chris Thorburn registered his 100th NHL point with an assist on Pelusos goal ... Chicago lost for the first time on home ice since a 3-2 loss to Washington on Nov. 7. ' ' '