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Villiers Stakes plans have been shelved for Loyalty Man with trainer Mike Moroney to decide whether to send the gelding to Sydney for a lesser race at Randwick or keep him in Melbourne.Loyalty Man is an acceptor in three races on Saturday, two at Randwick and one at Flemington.The last-start Wodonga Cup winner came up with the outside barrier in the field of 18 for the Group Two Villiers (1600m).He is also in a benchmark-85 over the same distance at Randwick and a 1600m-handicap on his home track at Flemington.We wont run in the Villiers, Moroney said on Wednesday.Its just a matter of whether we go up for the other race or stay back at Flemington.Were just keeping an eye on the weather. If they get the rain theyre predicting we probably wont go up and well just stay down here.Moroney said the float was due to leave on Thursday night so they had until then to make a call.Moroney has looked at the Sydney options because he is keen for Loyalty Man to race in the clockwise direction ahead of a planned trip to the Gold Coast for the $1 million Magic Millions Cup (1400m) on January 14.Queensland and NSW both race in the clockwise direction, while Loyalty Man has done all his racing the opposite way in Victoria.Weve still got another option of going up there a fortnight later and still getting a right-handed run in before the Magic Millions, Moroney said.He said Loyalty Man had done a lot of work right-handed and seemed to handle it well.Apprentice Andrew Adkins will ride Loyalty Man if he starts in the Ainsworth Game Technology Handicap at Randwick.Patrick Moloney will continue his association with Loyalty Man if he runs in the Chanteclair Handicap at Flemington.White Sox Jerseys China . 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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 wwhich were strikes.dddddddddddd "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. ... Washington is 42-10 when scoring more than three runs. ... Lee has allowed more than three runs in consecutive starts after doing it twice in his first 17 starts. ... The Phillies had won 10 of their previous 14 against the division. Theyre an NL East-best 23-14 against their rivals, including 5-4 vs. the Nationals. ... Phillies 1B Ryan Howard had surgery on his left knee and will miss six to eight weeks. ... All-Star Jordan Zimmermann (12-3, 2.57) opposes Philadelphias Kyle Kendrick (7-6, 3.90) in the series finale Thursday night. ' ' '