WASHINGTON NATIONALS

NN is great, the rest of the Nats not so much.

The Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres were tied at 1-1 after strong pitching performances by both starters, Jordan Zimmermann and Eric Stults, but a costly error by Zimmermann in the bottom of the eighth led to the winning run scoring...

There were a number of injury updates on the Washington Nationals who are dealing with a variety of issues right now. Bryce Harper's knee is hurting. Jayson Werth's seeking another opinion on his hamstring. Ross Detwiler's headed for another test.

Nationals' right-hander Jordan Zimmermann says he's not doing anything differently than he has in the past, but he's having success early this year and catching the attention of any members of the baseball world who weren't already on board.

Nationals' GM Mike Rizzo said yesterday that if the injury to Ross Detwiler's lower back/oblique area wasn't too bad the team would probably find a replacement for his next start from their major league roster rather than the minor leagues.

The Washington Nationals blew a lead in the ninth, but then some unlikely heroes picked the team up and they beat the San Diego Padres for the second night in a row on Chad Tracy's first home run of the season.

The Nationals have taken the first two games of this four-game set, but Eric Stults will try to get the Padres back in the win column tonight against the red-hot Jordan Zimmermann.