Montpellier succumbed to a second successive top 14 defeat vs.?Clermont on Sunday, losing 22-26 in a closely fought battle.It was Clermont who got off to an absolute flyer with Camille Lopez landing two penalties after just 7 minutes.However, the visitors had to withstand a nightmare last 10 when Montpellier threw the kitchen sink.Bismarck Du Plessis scored a try on 72 for the hosts, before?Ben Boticas boot kicked a conversion and a penalty.But it wasnt enough for Montpellier, as?Clermont held on for the win.On Saturday, Toulon responded to their shock opening day defeat with a hard-fought 22-18 victory at Pau.Seventeen points from the boot of fly-half Leigh Halfpenny proved vital as the visitors secured their first win of the new Top 14 campaign.Watisoni Votu went over for the home side in the 17th minute, but Toulon hit back through Charles Ollivon midway through the second half.A late Quentin Lespiaucq try threatened a Pau comeback in the dying stages, but former champions Toulon held firm to get their season up and running.It was a different story for Stade Francais Paris who fell to a 28-20 defeat at the hands of?Brive.An entertaining first half saw Brive go 16-13 up with Germain scoring all points -- a try, conversion and three penalties.Stade Francais Paris fought back through a Sergio Parisse try while Jules Plisson landed the extra two points and two penalties.But after the break it was all Brive with Germain hitting three more penalties as the home team held on for a win at the Stade Amedee Domenech.Racing 92 kick-started their season with a comfortable 29-16 victory over Lyon.However, it was Lyon who led first for 14 minutes through?Frederic Michalaks boot.Daniel Carter then stole the show for the hosts, kicking three conversions and a penalty.Juan Imhoff, Luc Ducalcon, and Henry Chavancy then combined to score four tries to secure Racing a convincing win.Meanwhile Bayonne and Castres played out an intense 12-12 draw in which was a battle of penalty kicks.Benjamin Urdapilleta?was the star man for Castres, with his boot registering five.However, that feat was matched by Bayonnes Willie du Plessis, with his last two penalties coming in the last 10 minutes to complete a dramatic comeback.Finally, La Rochelle came from behind against Grenoble to win 22-19 at the Stade des Alpes.Hosts Grenoble were leading at the break thanks to Gio Aplons boot and two penalties landed from Jonathan Wisniewski.However, it was La Rochelle who stole the match in the closing 40 with new signing Brock James kicking a second half penalty and conversion to secure the win.Marc-Andre Ter Stegen Jersey . 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Ainsley Maitland-Niles Jersey .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch.BALTIMORE -- Reynaldo Lopez had a miserable outing, to be sure.Yet the Washington Nationals had plenty of blame to spread around in the wake of an embarrassing 8-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.Lopez (2-2) gave up six runs, four earned, and seven hits in 2 2/3 innings -- the shortest of his five career starts.The results were not what I expected, Lopez said through an interpreter. The game did not go the way I liked it to.Many of his teammates can say the same thing.Daniel Murphy fumbled a grounder to second base that let in two runs, Clint Robinson was guilty of a base-running gaffe and the Nationals were victimized three times by, of all things, replay reviews.Though Murphys misplay was Washingtons only error, manager Dusty Baker didnt like the manner in which his team played in the field.You dont make any errors for a long period of time then you make a bunch of errors in a short period of time, he lamented. Hopefully, we got it out of our system.Trea Turner had a career-high four hits for Washington. The Nationals trailed 6-0 after three innings and went quietly in their third straight loss -- their longest skid since a seven-game run from June 18-25.Its good to be going home. It seems like we havent been home in a while, Baker said following the conclusion of a nine-game road trip. We go home and regroup. Guys get to see their kids and their wives.The Nationals are 24-34 against Baltimore in a rivalry that began in 2006. The series shifts 38 miles south to Nationals Park on Wednesday for the first of two games.Replay did the Nationals no favors. Turner was called safe on steal attempts in the first and third innings, but on both occasions the call was reversed after a replay review. Making the result more maddening for Washington: Jayson Werth followed with a walk both timmes.ddddddddddddThe trend continued in the bottom of the third, when replay determined that Adam Jones beat out an infield roller after initially being called out.Mark Trumbo picked up his 93rd RBI with a first-inning single, and the Orioles made it 3-0 in the second when Matt Wieters doubled in a run and scored on a single by Jones.In the third, Jonathan Schoop hit an RBI double and two runs scored when Murphy misplayed a two-out grounder.Washington got its lone run in the seventh inning when Danny Espinosa singled in a run off Vance Worley, who worked three innings for his first career save.But a potential uprising was blunted when Robinson was thrown out at third base for the first out of the inning.He was probably trying too hard, trying to make something happen, Baker said.Chris Davis hit his 30th homer of the season in the eighth against Yusmeiro Petit. He has hit at least 30 home runs in four of the last five seasons.Kevin Gausman (5-10) got the win, scattering six hits over six shutout innings.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: RHP Joe Ross (right shoulder inflammation) felt good after a bullpen session Tuesday. Our head trainer came in and gave me the thumbs up, Baker said. Hopefully, were going to put him back to work here pretty soon.Orioles: Chris Tillman will be headed to the 15-day DL Wednesday with shoulder inflammation. Ubaldo Jimenez will start in his place Thursday night.UP NEXTNationals: Tanner Roark (13-6, 2.87 ERA) starts Wednesday night. The right-hander is 4-0 in his last five starts and has lost just once since June 21.Orioles: Wade Miley (7-10, 5.58) makes his fifth start with Baltimore. The lefty is 0-2 with a 9.53 ERA since being traded from Seattle. ' ' '