ATLANTA -- With the uncertainty surrounding Stephen Starsburgs right elbow, the Washington Nationals may have a greater need for Gio Gonzalez to come through in the postseason.The veteran left-handers turnaround from a dismal middle of the season has made that thought a little less scary for Nationals fans.Gonzalez, who is 11-9 with a 4.27 ERA, has allowed three earned runs or less in 11 of his past 13 outings going into Saturdays start against the Atlanta Braves in the Nationals next-to-last game at Turner Field.Gonzalez is 6-2 over the stretch and is coming off a victory against the Philadelphia Phillies last Sunday in which he allowed just one run and four hits over seven innings.He seemed like a guy on a mission, Washington manager Dusty Baker said Sunday. We talked the other day, and I told him that hes very important in this equation, especially with Stras out. He responded.It was only the fourth time this season that Gonzalez made it through seven innings and he did it on just 92 pitches He got 10 outs on the ground thanks to a pair of double plays.If Strasburg cant pitch in the postseason, the Nationals would likely be left with Gonzalez as their third starter behind Max Scherzer and Tanner Roark, and it has definitely been an up-and-down season for the veteran, who turns 31 on Monday.Gonzalez had a 1.86 ERA through his first eight starts, an 8.10 ERA over his next eight starts, then a 3.10 ERA during his past 11 outings.Gonzalezs worst start recently came against the Braves in Washington on Sept. 6, when he gave up six runs in three innings.My last start didnt go that way, Gonzalez said. A good bounce back. I just wanted to have a good bounce back. As long as I can keep going deep in the game that is important.He allowed just three hits over six scoreless innings against the Braves in a no-decision April 12 and is 4-8 with a 4.70 ERA in his career against Atlanta.Gonzalez will try to help the Nationals inch closer to clinching the NL East. After Trea Turner had four hits and scored four runs and Max Scherzer won his fifth straight decision in Fridays 7-2 win, the Nationals lowered their magic number to six with 15 games remaining.Turner is hitting .462 in 11 games against the Braves. The 23-year-olds third four-hit outing raised his average to .349 in 58 games.Trea had his fingers all over it again, Scherzer said. This guy can absolutely do everything. Ive never seen anybody with this much speed and power from that (slight) frame. He impacts the game is so many different ways. Were asking him to play center field off and hes excelling at that.Josh Collmenter, acquired by the Braves from the Chicago Cubs organization, will start Saturday against the Nationals. He is filling for Mike Foltynewicz, who was hit in the left calf by a line drive on Monday.Collmenter made 15 relief appearances for the Arizona Diamondbacks this season before being released. He signed a minor league deal with the Cubs and made four starts for Triple-A Iowa.The 30-year-old right-hander had a 36-33 record and 3.54 ERA in parts of six seasons with Arizona. He won 10 games in 2011 and 11 in 2014 for the Diamondbacks.The Braves will have first baseman Freddie Freeman back in the lineup after he missed Fridays game to be with his wife, Chelsea.She gave birth to the couples first child, a boy named Frederick Charles Freeman II, on Thursday after a long labor.The babys here, everybodys doing good, but I understand it wasnt an easy go, said Braves interim manager Brian Snitker, who told Freeman to skip the series opener against the Nationals. He needs to regroup.Freeman left at the start of the eighth inning Wednesday against the Marlins after extending his hitting streak to 20 games. He also has a 36-game streak of reaching base safely.Freeman has usually been at his best against the Nationals, hitting .325 with 12 home runs and 54 RBI during his career. Sterling Shepard College Jersey . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. 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CINCINNATI -- Mick Cronin suspected his Cincinnati Bearcats could be devastating when theyre on target with their shots.They proved him correct Saturday.Senior Kevin Johnson scored a career-high 18 points and No. 25 Cincinnati shot a blistering 64.7 percent from the field while rolling to the highest-scoring game of Cronins 11-year career as the Bearcats coach, 119-68 over Fairleigh Dickinson.Johnson was surprised at the rout.Theyre a good team, he said of the Knights, an NCAA Tournament First Four team last season. They were picked to win their conference (in a coaches poll) and they have two all-league players. We try not to underestimate any opponent. Really, its not about them. Its more about us. We go into games trying to smother opponents. It was awesome. I felt like we just got into a good rhythm, offensively and defensively.Jacob Evans added 17 points and five other Bearcats reached double figures as Cincinnati (9-2) bettered it previous season-high margin of victory for the second straight game, a 38-point romp over Texas Southern on Tuesday.Ive felt like if Jacob and Kevin can get going from the perimeter, we had a chance to get better, Cronin said. We can be a devastating team when we shoot the ball.Stephan Jiggetts scored 24 points to lead the Knights (2-9), who have lost seven straight and eight of nine. They committed 22 turnovers while connecting on just 20 field goals.I talked to Mick and his staff after the game and just kiddingly they said they dont even shoot that well in practice, so hats off, FDU coach Greg Herenda said. Cincinnati has a really, really good team. Obviously today they were firing on all cylinders. They shot it, they shared it, they guarded. They were just too big and too good for us today.Johnson also had three steals, leading a Cincinnati defense that produced 13 takeaways. The Bearcats finished with more than 50 deflections, Cronin said, at least 10 more than the goal of 40 they take into every game.WWeve never lost when we get 40 deflections, Cronin said.dddddddddddd.Johnson matched his career high by halftime, scoring 15 points as the Bearcats built a 41-point lead before settling for a 65-26 halftime advantage. Evans also scored 15 points in the first half.That was the most points for Cincinnati in any half since scoring 68 in the first half against DePaul on Feb. 5, 1998.Cincinnati took the lead for good after Mike Holloway was whistled for a flagrant foul with 17:02 left in the first half. Evans made two free throws and Troy Caupain scored to complete a four-point possession that snapped a 6-6 tie.BIG PICTUREFairleigh Dickinson: The Knights committed 15 first-half turnovers, three shy of matching their season high, allowing Cincinnati to build a 22-5 advantage in points off turnovers.Cincinnati: The Bearcats shot 67.6 percent from the field (23 of 34), including 6 of 11 from 3-point range while scoring 65 points in the first half, just four shy of tying the program record for first-half points, set against North Texas State in the 1957-58 during the Oscar Robertson era.PILING UPCincinnatis 119 points set a record for a team in the American Athletic Conference, which is in its fourth season and is the fifth-highest total in program history.POLL IMPLICATIONSCincinnati will likely move up after winning two games by big scores this week, especially after No. 21 Notre Dame lost 86-81 to 15th-ranked Purdue on Saturday.UP NEXTAfter three straight road games, Fairleigh Dickinson returns home to play a Northeast Conference game on Dec. 29 against Saint Francis (Pa.).Cincinnati remains home to face Marshall on Thursday before traveling to Philadelphia on Dec. 28 for its American Athletic Conference opener against Temple.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. 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