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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Giants first regular-season loss under Ben McAdoo looked like many of the crushing defeats from their last year under Tom Coughlin.In falling 29-27 to the Redskins on Sunday, the Giants (2-1) blew a late lead, turned over the ball three times, had dumb penalties, and sustained a couple of injuries that are going to leave them short-handed heading to Minnesota next Monday night.While Odell Beckham Jr. was OK on the field in his matchup with cornerback Josh Norman, the receiver had meltdowns on the sideline that McAdoo said were a distraction. He said he talked to Beckham twice during the game.No one in the locker room was pleased afterward, McAdoo said Monday in assessing the teams mood. We knew that we were our own worst enemy yesterday.The biggest injury was a season-ending torn triceps sustained by running back Shane Vereen . He started against Washington with Rashad Jennings nursing a thumb injury. Vereen has been their third-down back, with his 59 catches last season second on the team.Shane is a tremendous football player and our thoughts go to him with that tough injury, McAdoo said. I feel for the player. Hes a good football player. We wish him a speedy recovery.McAdoo did not know when Vereen was hurt, but he believes he played with the injury for a significant amount of time.McAdoo said it was too early to say if Jennings can play this week. Orleans Darkwa ran for 53 yards on 10 carries as the backup. Rookie Paul Perkins and Bobby Rainey will have to take on bigger roles if Jennings misses the next game.New York also had cornerbacks Eli Apple (hamstring) and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie hurt, leaving them uncertain for the Vikings. McAdoo said the Giants will decide whether they need to sign another cornerback.Rookie safety Darian Thompson also had his foot examined Monday and he will not need surgery. He will have to wear a walking boot for now.Beckham finished with seven receptions for 121 yards. He showed some emotion on the field after making two consecutive catches against Norman in the fourth quarter, but he seemed agitated at times on the sideline.He needs to control his emotions better and become less of a distraction to himself and to his teammates, McAdoo said. Its our job to help him with that process and maturing.The Giants cant afford another effort like that this week. Worst was 11 penalties for 128 yards, including five 15-yarders.Defensive end Olivier Vernon was called for a hit to the helmet on the Redskins winning-drive.We were sloppy with our play, McAdoo said. Our discipline and poise wasnt there like it was in the first two weeks. Its something that we addressed in the locker room after. We have to continue to address it and work on it. 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Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. NEW YORK -- A series that began Thursday with the New York Mets hoping to close the gap on the Washington Nationals in the National League East will end Sunday with the Mets merely hoping to get back to where they were Thursday -- and the Nationals striving to return to where they were 12 days ago.The Mets and Nationals will close out the first half Sunday with the finale of a four-game series at Citi Field. Washington won its second straight game Saturday, when former New York second baseman Daniel Murphy went 3-for-4 with four RBI in a 6-1 victory.With the win, the National League East-leading Nationals (53-36) increased their lead over the second-place Mets (47-40) to five games. Even if New York wins Sunday, Washington will have the same four-game lead it maintained entering the series.Really excited about where were at right now, said Murphy, who belted his 16th homer of the season Saturday, two more than his previous career high set with the Mets last season. Try to finish the first half off the right way (Sunday).A win by the Nationals, meanwhile, will give them the six-game lead they had following a sweep of the Mets in Washington, D.C. on June 29. After Sunday, the Mets and Nationals have just six head-to-head games remaining, all in September.Theyre keyed up coming in here trying to open up a big lead, Mets manager Terry Collins said. Weve just got to get back (Sunday) and grind it out. Weve got one more chance tto finish up and even the series, which would be a good finish for us going into the break.dddddddddddd.A pair of slumping left-handers will take the mound Sunday, when Steven Matz pitches for the Mets against the Nationals Gio Gonzalez.Matz, who will be starting for the third time on the Mets season-long 11-game home stand, is winless in his last seven starts, a stretch in which he is 0-3 with a 4.58 ERA. He took a hard-luck loss in his most recent start Tuesday, when he carried a shutout into the seventh before giving up a two-run homer to Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton in what turned out to be a 5-2 defeat.Matz earned his most recent win in his lone career start against the Nationals on May 25, when he threw a career-high eight shutout innings in the Mets 2-0 victory.Gonzalez, meanwhile, is just 1-7 with a 7.66 ERA in his last nine starts. He took the defeat on Tuesday, when he gave up three runs over six innings as the Nationals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-2.Fortunately for Gonzalez, he will be pitching in a place he has enjoyed plenty of success. Gonzalez is 7-1 with a 1.53 ERA in 12 career starts at Citi Field, where he allowed one run over 6 1/3 innings in earning the win in his most recent outing May 18.Gonzalez is 10-5 with a 3.04 ERA in 19 career starts against the Mets. ' ' '