.''You come back and you try and put good at-bats,'' Padres manager Andy Green said. ''I thought we did that better. You walk away from a road trip and you're 3-3 and you're facing the first place team in the NL East. That's not a bad road trip.''NL home run leader Bryce Harper was among four starters out of the lineup for Washington. The game was delayed 1 hour, 20 minutes by rain. Four relievers, including Kirby Yates (1-0), pitched 4 2-3 hitless innings following starter Jhoulys Chacin's latest bumpy road appearance. Brandon Maurer worked the ninth for his sixth save. Chase d'Arnaud had a two-run single and double for the Padres. Franchy Cordero singled in the third for his first major league hit and later doubled. Daniel Murphy, Jayson Werth and Matt Wieters also did not start for the Nationals. All three entered as pinch hitters, but were retired. Washington opens a nine-game, 10-day road trip Monday afternoon in San Francisco. Adam Lind drove in two runs. His RBI double in the fifth off Chacin pulled Washington closer at 5-3. Chacin surrendered three runs on eight hits in 4 2-3 innings. He also had two singles and an RBI. Ross, who allowed five in four innings plus three batters in the fifth, certainly had two tough acts to follow. Strasburg struck out a career-high 15 in Saturday's 3-0 win after Scherzer fanned 13 in Friday's 5-1 series-opening victory.''I think there was a little more focus today honestly,'' Hunter Renfroe said. Renfroe was one of five Padres with two hits.''I think that some people got off their plan with Strasburg and Scherzer and obviously those pitchers are really good, so they can get you off your plan really fast,'' Renfroe said. Schimpf hit his 13th homer, a two-run drive in the first.''I felt like I was rushing a little bit,'' Ross said. ''I felt like some pitches were there, some pitches I didn't give enough time. They were swinging today.''TRAINER'S ROOMPadres: RHP Carter Capps (Tommy John surgery) remains on track to face hitters this week, Green said. Nationals: Reliever Blake Treinen had a bruised foot after being hit by a comebacker. ... Harper and the other three starters sat for rest, said Chris Speier postgame. Speier served as acting manager with Dusty Baker away this weekend to attend his son Darren's high school graduation in California. Murphy sat out the first two games due to illness. STRANDEDWashington went 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position. Michael A. Taylor, who homered in each of the first two games this series, went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and left six men on base.''We had some opportunities to score some runs, but we left some men on base early,'' Speier said. UP NEXTPadres: RHP Jarred Cosart (0-1, 4.50 ERA) faces the Cubs at home on Monday. Nationals: RHP Tanner Roark (4-2, 4.32) opens a three-game road series against Giants LHP Matt Moore (2-5, 5.28).)
Time: 1:35 PM EDT Venue: Nationals Park, Washington, D. C., 20003 WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 19, 2014, the San Diego Padres traded pitcher Joe Ross and a player to be named later -- it would be Trea Turner -- to the Washington Nationals in a three-team deal that included the Tampa Bay Rays. Since that trade, the Padres have posted a record of 160-215 while the Nationals are 208-166 after they won 3-0 Saturday as Stephen Strasburg struck out a career-high 15 batters in seven innings and the Washington staff fanned 17. As a reminder of what could have been, Ross (2-0, 5.32) makes the start Sunday against San Diego right-hander Jhoulys Chacin (4-4, 5.74) in the finale of the three-game series at Nationals Park. First-place Washington is 30-18 while last-place San Diego is 18-33. Ross was drafted by the Padres in the first round out of his California high school in 2011. Ross is 2-0 in his career against San Diego with a 2.25 ERA in two starts. Last year, he went six innings and allowed six hits and three earned runs in a win against the Padres." I was not around Joe at all," said Andy Green, in his second year as the San Diego manager. "We saw him last year; he is a sinkerballer." The Padres did acquire All-Star first baseman Wil Myers in the trade. The Nationals have scored a record 62 runs in the four starts made this year by Ross, more than any other pitcher has received in his first four starts of a season. That included a 23-5 victory at home April 30 against the New York Mets and a 10-1 win Tuesday against the Seattle Mariners. Ross, who broke into the majors with the Nationals in 2015, was in the rotation last season and made 19 starts before going on the disabled list. He was in line to be the No. 5 starter, but began the season at Triple-A Syracuse. Chacin is 3-2 in six starts against Washington and has a 3.09 ERA. He has made three career starts at Nationals Park and is 1-1 with a 0.45 ERA while allowing only one run in 20 innings. The Nationals played their second game in a row Saturday without second baseman Daniel Murphy, who was ill. Nationals bench coach Chris Speier, filling in for manager Dusty Baker, said before the game that Murphy was ill. Murphy entered the day hitting .316 with nine homers and 33 RBIs." He's available. This is Dusty's theory: Usually when somebody comes in and says, 'I'm ready,' then he usually gives him one more day. But he's available," Speier told reporters before the game. Murphy entered Saturday seventh in the National League in hits with 56, just ahead of teammate Bryce Harper (55). Murphy was also among the league leaders in multi-hit games and road batting average. Washington shortstop Turner, drafted by the Padres in the first round out of North Carolina State, had two hits, including a homer, Friday and was 1-for-4 Saturday. Another hot hitter for Washington is center fielder Michael A. Taylor, who hit a homer for the second day in a row Saturday and has four homers in his last 14 games." I'm looking for my pitch and staying in my zone," Taylor said. "I'm not trying to do too much."
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