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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With the San Francisco defense loaded up to stop Todd Gurley and the Los Angeles Rams running game, quarterback Case Keenum was unable to capitalize.With top overall draft pick Jared Goff watching as an inactive third-stringer, Keenum frequently threw off-target, had two interceptions and was unable to get the Rams offense moving at all in a 28-0 season-opening loss to the 49ers on Monday night.This team deserved better play from its quarterback and I intend on doing that, Keenum said. This is not going to define me. Obviously it was a big stage and would have been a lot of fun to win on Monday night to start the season. Its a long season. This is not us, offensively. This is not us.It better not be if the Rams have any hope about making their return to Los Angeles a successful one on the field. L.A. football fans waited more than 21 years for a team of their own to cheer for and now must wait at least another week for the first score.The Rams were held to 185 yards, 10 first downs, and failed to make a single trip into the red zone in a rough opener.That wasnt what we expected, certainly not what I expected for the first game back in L.A., coach Jeff Fisher said. We have some work to do obviously. Im very disappointed in the outcome.Fisher did say he is sticking for Keenum for now, even though he went just 17 for 35 for 130 yards and two interceptions. He said he briefly considered putting in backup Sean Mannion late in the game but decided to ride with Keenum to end this game and for at least the near future.Thats even with Goff waiting in the wings after the Rams gave up a boatload of draft picks to get the top pick in April and select Goff as their future franchise quarterback.This doesnt change anything as far as the quarterbacks are concerned, Fisher said.Gurley was held to 47 yards on 17 carries and had no runs longer than 10 yards. The Rams couldnt back the Niners defense out of the box because Keenum was unable to threaten the Niners deep, relying mostly on short horizontal throws underneath the coverage.We have to stretch the field, said receiver Tavon Austin, who had 13 yards on four catches. We need to keep doing what we were doing. We were open a lot out there today. We just couldnt connect. Thats the main thing. Well connect on it.Even the Rams vaunted defensive front struggled at times with Carlos Hyde running for 88 yards and the Niners gaining 150 yards in all on the ground with three scores.That frustration boiled over when star defensive lineman Aaron Donald was ejected in the fourth quarter when he made contact with an official.The infraction came after Rams linebacker Alec Ogletree gave an extra push to Blaine Gabbert following a scramble. As players on both teams started jawing, Donald pushed a 49ers player and then made contact with an official. Donald was called for two personal fouls on the play and ejected.I just let emotions get the best of me, he said. Theres no excuses. I cant make mistakes like that and hurt my team.After preparing all offseason for this game, the Rams now have a short week to prepare for their real return to L.A. with their home opener next week against Seattle.Its embarrassing definitely for us to go out there and not put any points on the board, Gurley said. Its a long season. Were going to bounce back, shake this off and get ready for Sunday. Pittsburgh Pirates Shirts . After Mondays hard-fought loss, the wait seemed longer than usual. Getting set to go their separate ways for a short Christmas break, the Raptors coach credited his team for their effort on a seemingly impossible three-game road trip, urging them to build on that success when they get back to work at the end of the week. Pirates Jerseys 2020 . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. https://www.cheappiratesjerseys.us/ . 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WASHINGTON -- Jean Seguras bid to break the Arizona Diamondbacks record for most hits in a season was slowed by a cramp.The second baseman left Arizonas 5-3 loss to the Washington Nationals on Thursday in the seventh inning, leaving him at 201 hits after getting a single in the third.His hit total is the second-highest by a player for a franchise that first played in 1998. Luis Gonzalez finished the following season with 206 hits.Segura said he was bothered by a cramp in his rib area on a drizzly day.Maybe the weather, maybe (being) that late in the year, Segura said. I think its going to be OK.He now has three games at home against the San Diego Padres to try to catch -- or surpass -- Gonzalez. Seguras previous career best was 173 hits, as an NL All-Star for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2013.He didnt feel like it was anything of a pull, Arizona manager Chip Hale said. He just felt like he had kind of a cramp under his ribs. The trainers feel like hes OK, but well see tomorrow. You never know until you wake up tomorrow. But were hoping hes OK so he can continue his quest for Gonzos record.The Diamondbacks, last in the NL West and with nothing to play for other than individual statistics, had an even odder injury issue Thursday: Right fielder Yasmany Tomas was a late scratch from the starting lineup because of a stiff neck.Same kind of thing weve dealt with kind of all year on the road, Hale explained. Sometimes the hotel pillows get him.Wilmer Difo hit his first major league homer, and Pedro Severino his second, helping the injury-depleted NL East champion Nationals move closer to clinching home-field advantage in the Division Series.Second baseman Difo and catcher Severino, both rookies, were in the lineup instead of Daniel Murphy (last started 12 days ago) and Wilson Ramos (out for the season), respectively.Nationals starter Joe Ross, working his way back from a stay on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation, allowwed one run in four innings, throwing 90 pitches.dddddddddddd Washington wants to stretch him out to be able to start at some point in the playoffs.Reliever Reynaldo Lopez (5-3) was credited with the win. He pitched 3 2/3 innings, letting up Socrates Britos two-run homer in the ninth before being lifted.Mark Melancon got the last two outs for his 45th save.RAY WRAPS UPArizona RHP Robbie Ray (8-15) allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings, including solo shots by Severino in the third and Difo in the fifth, along with Michael A. Taylors two-run single in the fourth. Not the way you want to finish a year, Ray said, but I feel like I made some pretty big strides this year with my breaking ball and I threw some really good changeups today, too.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: 2B Murphy (glute muscle) and RF Bryce Harper (left thumb) sat out again. Manager Dusty Baker said he expects to get Murphy back in the starting lineup for Game 1 of the NLDS against the Dodgers on Oct. 7. Murphy last began a game on Sept. 17.Harper, meanwhile, was out of the lineup for a fourth consecutive day, but mainly as a precaution on a wet day. Im still a little afraid. If he hits the ball solid, its not going to hurt. But if he gets rattled or hits one on the end or gets jammed on one, its going to send electric shocks through his body, Baker said.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: Open a season-closing, three-game home series against the San Diego Padres, with RHP Braden Shipley (4-5, 5.26 ERA) starting for Arizona on Friday. The Diamondbacks and Padres are two of the four worst teams in the NL.Nationals: Their final regular-season series begins Friday against the visiting Miami Marlins. RHP A.J. Cole (1-2, 5.09) is slated to pitch for Washington, but he is waiting to hear the outcome of his appeal of a five-game suspension for throwing at a batter. ' ' '