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WASHINGTON -- Wizards center Marcin Gortat called winless Washingtons previous game a must win. They lost to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night with another late collapse. Whether that makes Fridays matchup with the Atlanta Hawks a must, must win or not, John Wall and company surely want to break through.The Wizards (0-3) host the Hawks (3-1) at 7:00 p.m. in a rematch from their opening night loss at Atlanta. Since falling 114-99 on Oct. 27, Washington fell 112-103 at Memphis and dropped its home opener 113-103 as Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan scored 40 points. In each game, the Wizards fell apart in the fourth quarter. Toronto converted 21 turnovers by Washington into 30 points.Tonight the points off turnovers, Wizards coach Scott Brooks said. I think we had 20 turnovers for over 30 points. Thats hard to overcome. Defensively, in the first half we gave up too many easy 3s that we have to make sure we close out and know our personnel -- whoever has the hot hand or whoevers a 3-point shooter.Atlanta dropped its first game of the season Wednesday 123-116 as Los Angeles Lakers guard Lou Williams scored 16 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.They just played better than us. I give credit when credit is due, Hawks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. said. They came out with a sense of urgency in that second half. (Giving up) 39 in the third quarter and 33 in the fourth is unacceptable.The Hawks held their opponents under 100 points in each of their first three games.You cant ever feel good if you give up that kind of offense in two consecutive quarters, Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said.In each of their three games, the Wizards fell apart in the fourth quarter. Atlanta outscored Washington 33-19 in the fourth quarter.Dwight Howard had 31 points and 11 rebounds in the loss to the Lakers. The Hawks center had 11 points and 19 rebounds in the first meeting with Washington. Paul Millsap led Atlanta with 28 points against the Wizards.Wall, who had two knee surgeries in the offseason, had 33 points, 11 assists and nine turnovers against the Raptors. Otto Porter went for 23 points and 11 rebounds.Its still early. Dont count us out, Porter said. At the same time, we just have to take and learn from these early games. Were trying to take steps, especially going forward, with close games like that. We have to find someone to push it over the top.Spotty bench play contributed to Washingtons setbacks. Brooks turned to rookie guard Tomas Satoransky in the second half over backup point Trey Burke. That swap could happen again against Atlanta.Its definitely something thats going to be considered, Brooks said of using the 6-foot-7 Satoransky, who joined the Wizards four years after being selected in the second round of the 2012 NBA Draft. 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Not the outcome that we wanted or necessarily the results that we wanted, but I had to make some pitches and got the ball on the ground. A good bounce-back start after Washington. That was frustrating.Cole (5-6) was tagged for five runs on seven hits in four innings against the Nationals on July 16, the rightys first start since June 10 because of a right triceps strain.He was much better Friday but was lifted for a pinch hitter after a sixth inning in which he escaped by allowing only one run following loading the bases with no outs.He did a very good job in the sixth inning to finish that off, manager Clint Hurdle said. One walk, seven strikeouts. First-pitch strikes were 18 out of 26. I thought he pitched well.But not as well as Eflin (3-3), who had six strikeouts, allowed three hits and did not walk a batter as he threw 100 pitches for his second complete game over his past four outings. In the majors for just 39 days, the 22-year-old is one of only seven pitchers to have multiple complete games this season.I was able to stay ahead and get quick outs, Eflin said. All four of my pitches were working today.Cameron Rupp had a home run and three RBI and Odubel Herrera had three hits and scored twice for the Phillies, who entered having lost four of five.John Jaso had two of the Pirates three hits, including their only one for extra bases (a leadoff double in the second).I thought the sixth inning was going to come back to haunt us when wee didnt score, said Phillies manager Pete Mackanin, whose team had lost its past six at PNC Park dating to 2014.ddddddddddddIt was a good game for us; we havent won a lot of games here over the last few years so it was good to at least set the tone for this series.Jaso twice advanced to second base, but no baserunner reached third against Eflin, who has allowed 11 earned runs over his past seven outings since allowing nine in his major-league debut June 14 at Toronto.The closest the Pirates appeared to come to scoring was when Herrera made a leaping grab at the wall in center on a ball Jung Ho Kang hit in the fifth.Eflin faced 29 Pirates in collecting 27 outs.He kept the ball out of the middle, he changed locations, he changed velocity, kept it down, Hurdle said. It was a mix of everything.BEANBALLSThe clubs exchanged plunking the opponents No. 3 hitter with pitches in the first inning. Philadelphias Maikel Franco left the game during the fourth -- three innings after he was hit in the left wrist by a 96-mph fastball by Cole -- for what the team said were precautionary reasons. Eflin responded by hitting Andrew McCutchen in the bottom of the first, drawing a warning to both benches from home plate umpire Tony Randazzo. Two more Phillies, however, were hit by pitches over the remainder of the game.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: A day after being a late scratch from the lineup because of flu-like symptoms, OF Starling Marte was back in left field and batting cleanup Friday.UP NEXTPhillies: RHP Aaron Nola (5-8, 4.41) is coming off an outing in which he pitched six shutout innings Monday against Miami.Pirates: Hurdle confirmed after the game that the club intends on having RHP Tyler Glasnow make his second major league start Saturday. One of the games top pitching prospects, Glasnow has a 1.94 ERA and 122 strikeouts in 102 innings for Triple-A Indianapolis. ' ' '