ore linebackers Osa Masina and Don Hill from team activities while the players are under investigation for sexual assault.USC coach Clay Helton made the announcement during his weekly confe

PHILADELPHIA -- A.J. Ellis, the Philadelphia Phillies recently acquired catcher, has made an immediate impact with his new team.The same cannot be said of Jake Thompson, the Phillies rookie right-hander.Thompson (1-3, 9.78) will be looking to get untracked Monday, when the Phillies open a three-game series against the Washington Nationals. Tanner Roark (13-7, 2.99) gets the start for the National League East leaders.Thompson, called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley in early August, has not worked more than five innings, nor allowed fewer than three runs, in any of his four major league starts to date. His last time out he lost on the road to the Chicago White Sox, surrendering seven runs on eight hits in five innings while striking out two and walking four.In 19 1/3 innings to date, he has walked 13 while allowing 22 hits, a far cry from the form he showed at Lehigh Valley, where he gave up 105 hits and walked just 37 in 129 2/3 innings.Im not used to this, Thompson said after the loss to White Sox, according to Major League Baseballs official web site. The issue is pretty evident. Im not throwing strikes, and when I am throwing strikes, theyre not good strikes. Its coming back to the drawing board and figuring it out a little bit.Thompson has never faced Washington.Ellis, acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for fellow catcher Carlos Ruiz last Thursday, belted a tie-breaking two-run double in the seventh inning of his first game with Philadelphia, a 5-1 road victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.It felt good regardless of whats happened in the last four days, Ellis said, according to MLB.com. It feels good to drive in runs, feels good to help put your team ahead and help contribute to a team win.Roark, a model of consistency most of the season for the Nationals, is winless in his last two starts. His last time out he absorbed a 10-8 loss to Baltimore, going five innings and allowing five runs (four earned) on seven hits while striking out four and walking three.It was Roarks shortest outing in his last six starts, and the most runs he has allowed in the same span. All five of those runs came in the first two innings, when he threw 62 pitches and hit three batters.I couldnt locate; it was as simple as that, Roark said, according to MLB.com. I was trying to go inside to get them off the plate and make them feel uncomfortable. Thats how I pitch. Obviously not my best outing. What I love is that we came back and came pretty darn close to tying it up or possibly winning it.Roark is 4-5 with a 4.35 ERA in 10 career games against the Phillies, eight of them starts.The Nationals comeback attempt also fell short Sunday, in a 5-3 loss to Colorado. They spotted the Rockies a 4-1 lead after three innings, but could muster only three solo homers, by Trae Turner, Wilson Ramos and Bryce Harper.Harpers homer, his 23rd of the season, was a leadoff shot off reliever Boone Logan in the ninth inning. Adam Ottavino, Logans successor, then retired Anthony Rendon, Ramos and Ryan Zimmerman, sending Washington to its sixth loss in eight games. Clearance Shoes . 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The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. LOS ANGELES -- Southern California has suspended sophomore linebackers Osa Masina and Don Hill from team activities while the players are under investigation for sexual assault.USC coach Clay Helton made the announcement during his weekly conference call Tuesday.Masina and Hill already had been barred from games, but allowed to participate in practices and team meetings.Masina initially was suspended before the Trojans season opener against Alabama in Texas. Hill made thhe trip to Texas with the team, but was sent home a day later for an undisclosed violation of team rules.ddddddddddddMasina and Hill are under investigation for an alleged assault July 14 at an off-campus apartment, court documents say. Masina also is under investigation for an alleged assault on the same woman July 26 in Utah, his home state. ' ' '