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Romain Grosjean compared Haas sixth-placed finish at the Australian GP to a race victory as the new team impressed on their F1 debut. Sean Taylor Jersey . The US-owned outfit had targeted points coming into the grand prix and although Esteban Gutierrez crashed out, Grosjean was able to make the most of the red flag following that accident on lap 18.The Frenchman, who ran the medium tyre for the rest of the race, held off the challenge of Nico Hulkenberg in the Force India to come home with eight points. A jubilant Grosjean exclaimed this is a win for us guys on the team radio before telling Sky Sports F1: It feels like standing on the top step of the podium for us. Its been an amazing race and an amazing weekend. Australian GP report Nico Rosberg claims victory in Melbourne Theres been so much work behind the scenes from day one - this cars got huge potential but we needed a good result. There are plenty of areas where we can improve and we know it, but that result is a morale boost for everyone.Staying on those tyres for 39 laps wasnt easy but we got it right and we made it.Haas meanwhile tweeted Mission Accomplished after their fine debut. Their point-scoring finish was the best performance from a team making their debut since Brawn in 2009, and they were the first brand new team to score points since Toyota in 2002.Team owner Gene Haas said awesome return for us before joking: Well do better next week!Australian GP driver ratingsThe newcomers have been assisted by Ferrari but it wasnt all good news in Melbourne, as one of the benefactors from that technical partnership Gutierrez, a reserve driver with the Scuderia last year, was forced to retire.Gutierrez and Fernando Alonso were lucky to escape unharmed after being involved in a high-speed at Turn 3 after the McLaren driver looked to get round the outside. 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Rookie Marek Mazanec made 39 saves for his first NHL victory and the Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-2 Saturday night. WASHINGTON -- Doug Fister did the splits while covering first base and reached backward to make a how-did-he-do-that stab of a grounder while on the mound, adding a bit of gymnastics to another pinpoint outing. No one can accuse the 6-foot-8 righty of being either ungainly or inaccurate. He won his fourth straight start Thursday, another walk-free outing of seven innings with just two runs and four hits allowed as the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 to complete a three-game sweep. Fister (4-1) struggled in the Nationals debut last month after missing all of April with a lat strain. He hasnt allowed more than two runs in a game since. In six starts, hes walked only two batters. "Id rather them earn it," he said, "than give it away." And earning it is that much harder with a pitcher as flexible as Fister. The college first baseman did a full split while not quite hanging on to a throw to first that would have completed a double play in the first inning. "Yeah, thats not comfortable," Washington manager Matt Williams said. For the player or the manager? "For both," Williams said. Then there was the play in the third inning, when Fister flipped himself around to rob Ben Revere of a hit up the middle -- a play that proved more valuable when Jimmy Rollins followed immediately with a double. "Hes a cat out there on the mound," reliever Tyler Clippard said. "Hes getting everything." Sounds like hes the teams unofficial "pepper" champ. "I try to do a lot of work with groundballs up the middle and try to work on reaction time," Fister said. "Being able to field my position is something I take a lot of pride in." Fisters start is the latest in whats starting to look like the tough-act-to-follow rotation expected from the Nationals this season. Jordan Zimmermann threw eight scoreless innings in the series opener Tuesday, and SStephen Strasburg fanned 11 in Wednesdays win. DaRon Payne Jersey. Overall, the Nationals have won five of six. They have out-scored opponents 38-12 in those half-dozen games, including 19-6 in each of the three-game series against the Texas Rangers and the Phillies. Now comes a 10-game road trip to San Diego, San Francisco and St. Louis. "We have a really hard road trip coming up against some really good teams," Williams said. "Without going too far, were happy with where were at it right now and the way its gone. We have to continue to push." It would be easier if they could keep playing the Phillies, who have lost six straight, are an NL-worst 9-20 since May 5. A team meeting on Tuesday yielded nothing productive, and Rollins can already envision a possible lost season in which key players are traded away. "Its getting out of control now," Rollins said. "Weve got a chance to go out there and change that tomorrow. If not, then thats a decision theyre going to make either way. But wed like to put a streak together going the other direction. Be up in that left column, and find a way to win some games." Kyle Kendrick (1-6) allowed four runs over seven innings and walked a season-high five. He is 1-11 in his last 19 starts, has an 11-start winless streak on the road and hasnt won a day game since 2012, going 0-6 in his last nine starts in the sunshine. But the problems are team-wide. The Phillies are batting .224 over their last 29 games. "Its been time to straighten it out," Philadelphia manager Ryne Sandberg said. NOTES: With the matinee following a rain-delayed game the night before, Nationals SS Ian Desmond and Phillies OF Marlon Byrd were given a day off for the first time this season. Desmond had started every game up to Thursday, while Byrd had started all but one. ... Adam LaRoche hit a two-run homer, and Rafael Soriano picked up his 12th save for the Nationals. ' ' '