Winning games won't stop the Padres from being bad on offense.

The San Diego Padres have been one of the worst-hitting teams in baseball this year and they're not going to let something like winning a game stop them. They managed to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night, getting one-hit in the process. Pirates starter Francisco Liriano allowed a bunt single to Everth Cabrera in the first inning, and that was it, hit-wise, for the rest of the game.

Liriano aided the Padres cause with six walks in his five innings of work, though he was able to limit the damage by striking out seven. Only Padres managed to get the ball out of the infield, with one of those being a ball caught by the second baseman in short right field.

It was the second time in the last five seasons the Padres had managed a win despite being one-hit, with their last feat coming on April 20, 2010 when they beat the Giants despite the efforts of starter Jonathan Sanchez.

The Pirates' three runs were scored on a sacrifice fly, an error and a bases-loaded walk. Ian Kennedy was excellent once again for San Diego as he allowed two runs in six innings, striking out seven in the effort.

Cabrera ties Fisk on home run list

Back-to-back AL MVP Miguel Cabrera added another accolade to his list, smashing career home run 376, tying him with Carlton Fisk on the all-time list.

Miguel Cabrera hits career home run No. 376. He's now tied with Carlton Fisk for 71st in MLB history.

— Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) June 4, 2014

Cabrera finished 1-for-4 with the home run in the Tigers' 8-2 loss to the Blue Jays.

Immaculate inning for Richards

Angels starter Garrett Richards was magnificent on Wednesday against the Astros, including a nine-pitch, three-strikeout second inning.

Wednesday scores

Diamondbacks 16, Rockies 8
Cardinals 5, Royals 2 (11)
Twins 6, Brewers 4
Angels 4, Astros 0
Cubs 5, Mets 4
Orioles 6, Rangers 5
Giants 3, Reds 2
Marlins 5, Rays 4
Blue Jays 8, Tigers 2
Nationals 8, Phillies 4
Athletics 7, Yankees 4
Padres 3, Pirates 2
Mariners 2, Braves 0
White Sox 2, Dodgers 1

Discussing the first 2 rounds of the draft as they happen

The 2014 MLB draft begins today at 4 PM PT and will consist of the first 2 rounds (including the supplemental compensation rounds). Click here to get all the details on how to watch and/or follow the draft. The Padres will pick 13th and 51st today (or, if you prefer, they pick Denorfiath and Hoffmanst). The Padres used to also have the 69th pick, but since there is no player with that number they traded it to the Diamondbacks in the Ian Kennedy deal.

By picking 13th the predictability of the selection is nearly impossible. Some insiders will claim they know what the Padres are thinking. I am neither an insider nor would I claim that I could predict the pick even if I was, so you will see no predictions here. I know that goes against every principle of internet blogging, but I guess I am a rebel in that sense. I will mention that names thrown around as being both potentially available for the Padres and someone that interests them are Trea Turner (SS, NC State, minorleagueball.com profile), Touki Toussaint (RHP, FL HS, minorleagueball.com profile), Max Pentecost (C, Kennessaw State, minorleagueball.com profile), Michael Conforto (OF, Oregon State) and Kyle Schwarber (C/1B, Indiana U). However, my anti-prediction streak will nearly always tell me to bet on the field when I hear a bunch of names. Even minorleagueball.com prospect guru John Sickels posted his mock draft under the title: This mock draft is wrong (although it did have the Padres taking Schwarber with all the other players I mentioned taken before pick 13).

One thing I do like to do is look at what we actually know. I wrote some articles on system depth and recent drafts that provide some insight. I have included those links in the sidebar and below. This sort of analysis has helped me to reach a conclusion about the most likely need for a top pick. After a draft that was light on pitching last year, another top end starting pitching prospect could be a need and with a system light on middle of the order bats drafting one of those could fill another big need.

The Friars get a speedy college SS with their 1st selection.

With the 13th overall selection in the 2014 MLB draft the Padres selected North Carolina State SS Trea Turner. Surprisingly, this pick does not come as much of a surprise. There were multiple major prospect gurus (ESPN's Keith Law and MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo as well as minorleagueball.com's Matt Garrioch) who saw Turner as the Padres' target. It probably is not the ideal selection for the Padres given the franchise prospect portfolio, but never let the best be the enemy of the better.

What the Padres are getting is a polished college SS that projects as an above average major league SS. Above average means that he does not project to being a potential perennial All Star or an MVP candidate, but a solid player that you can plug in without regret for years. The reason why his upside is limited is his bat. The bat is obviously liked (as you can see if you look at how well it did at the college level), but like another Padres top prospect Austin Hedges it is not loved. Unlike Hedges, Turner is more experienced having played college ball so he will not have to spend as much time developing it.

Also like Hedges his defense is loved. Many times when a shortstop gets drafted their is already talk about him moving off the position. Turner is not one of those guys. While he does not have a cannon for an arm, it is good enough. His talent lies in his speed and range. It translates defensively and allows him to get to balls that others cannot. It also translates to the basepaths. One way you might think of Turner is an upgraded model of 2010 1st round pick Cory Spangenberg. He can run like Spangs, but he plays better defense and has a more polished bat.

The Friars take a HS OF with their 2nd round pick.

With the 51st overall selection in the 2014 MLB draft the Padres selected Gainesville (GA) HS OF Michael Gettys. They go back to back with position players just as they did in 2013. The club obviously feels that the system needs the biggest boost when it comes to players who swing the bat and play the field. And that's not a hard position to argue with.

Gettys' tools have been described as "loud" by Matt Garrioch of SBNation's minorleagueball.com. For his profile on him you can go here.Like Trea Turner the Padres drafted another atlhetic player. On top of that athleticism meaning speed, in Gettys' case it also means he has an arm. At the plate, he will need to be developed. There is a skill set there that makes you drool, but there are kinks that will take time to work out. Do not expect him to move quickly through the minors.

Gettys will require some green as he is committed to the University of Georgia.

Discussing the rounds 3-10 of the draft as they happen.

The 2014 MLB draft continues today at 10:00 AM PT and will consist of rounds 3 through 10. Check here to get all the details on how to watch and/or follow the draft. The Padres will pick 12th in each of those rounds. The first two picks were the biggest keys to keeping the farm system stocked, but the next rounds are important as well. Hitting on just a couple of these picks could have a big impact on the future success of the Padres.

The Padres' first couple of selections, college SS Trea Turner and HS OF Michael Gettys, addressed the need for an advanced position player and a toolsy young position player. Both up-the-middle guys. This somewhat mirrors the strategyt from 2013 where the club went with a couple position players in the first two rounds and is also a throwback to 2010 when the club focused on athletic players. Now it would appear that in at least the next couple of rounds the Padres might be looking for some pitchers. This is about the time when a college pitcher with little signability concerns would be called for. A college 1B with some power prospects might also be a nice choice soon. But, I would also expect another athletic player or two.

We will update the Padres' picks here as they come in:

All player info comes from mlb.com.

After yesterday's off day, our Padres hope to come back strong as they kick off a series against the Nationals. Tyson Ross will get the ball first in the opener. His last time out he gave up two runs (only one earned) while striking out five batters through six innings of work. Tonight will mark his first career start against the NL East team, though he pitched six relief innings against them in 2013, allowing just one run.

Tanner Roark will make the start for Washington and try for a repeat of his latest outing against SD. He only gave up three hits when the Nats hosted the Friars on April 26th. It was Roark's best outing yet, though his major league career is still young. He has lost each of his last three appearances, but has pitched much better than his record would indicate.

The action gets underway tonight at 7:10 PDT. See if the offense can get something going and help Ross with some run support.

Washington Nationals' right-hander Tanner Roark threw eight scoreless innings on 107 pitches, walking no one, striking out 11 and inducing 10 ground ball outs in what ended up being a 6-0 series opening win over the San Diego Padres in Petco Park.

Western Metal Supply Co. Top 5:

5. Quick Recap:Denard Span failed to extend his seven-game hit streak in his first at bat tonight in Petco Park, but the Washington Nationals' 30-year-old leadoff man took what San Diego Padres' starter Tyson Ross gave him, a leadoff walk. Span then scored when Anthony Rendon took a 94 mph 2-2 fastball out to left field and into the first row of the second deck for a two-run blast and a 2-0 lead after one.

WATCH: The Birthday Boy goes deep in the first! Anthony Rendon's 9th HR of the season gives the #Nats an early lead: http://t.co/ekH9dnHOSq

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 7, 2014

The Nationals put two on with one out in the sixth after an error on a Ryan Zimmerman grounder and a walk to Adam LaRoche and Wilson Ramos followed with an opposite field, ground-rule double to right field that brought Zimmerman around to make it 3-0 Nats. The Nationals loaded the bases when Ian Desmond walked, and Danny Espinosa took a HBP on the knee to force in run no.4. 4-0 Nationals. A two-run single by Nate McLouth knocked Ross out and made it 6-0 Nats.

WATCH: @WRamosC3 drives in the #Nats third run with a double to right field: http://t.co/nx2eRUsaih

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 7, 2014

WATCH: Danny Espinosa took one for the team here, but getting hit by this pitch gave the #Nats another run: http://t.co/EBCo4Vt1UU

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 7, 2014

WATCH: Nate McLouth's two-run single to right field put the #Nats up 6-0 in the sixth: http://t.co/d3Lgdtik31

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 7, 2014

That's how it ended. 6-0 Nationals.

4. Road Roark: Tanner Roark went pitch-for-pitch with Texas Rangers' ace Yu Darvish last time out, but one mistake by the Nationals' 27-year-old right-hander cost him the game.

Roark threw six scoreless innings in the nation's capital, but an 0-1 change to Leonys Martin was up just enough in the zone that the Rangers' outfielder was able to send it out over the right field wall for a solo home run in what ended up a 2-0 win in which Darvish threw eight scoreless. Roark, Nats' skipper Matt Williams said afterwards, struggled with his fastball command early, but found and was able to establish it.

"He made one mistake to Martin," Williams said, "a little changeup that was up in the strike zone, but other than that he matched [Darvish] perfectly and made pitches when he had to as well. He just made one mistake and hung a changeup. I think he pitched pretty well though."

"It was just a bad pitch and it got hit," Roark said.

The loss last Sunday was Roark's third straight, leaving him (3-4) after 11 outings this season, over which he had a 3.25 ERA, a 3.89 FIP, 18 walks (2.34 BB/9) and 50 Ks (6.49 K/9) in 69 1/3 IP before tonight.

Roark's last four starts were at home in Nationals Park.

Tonight he was taking on the San Diego Padres in his first road start since May 10th, when he gave up two hits and one run in 7 2/3 IP in the O.Co Coliseum. On the road this season, Roark was (1-1) so far in 2014, with an ERA four runs higher (5.65) than it is at home (1.55), a 4.78 FIP, seven walks (2.20 BB/9) and 23 Ks (7.22 K/9) in 28 2/3 IP, over which opposing hitters have put up a .252/.317/.468 line.

Roark was facing the Padres for the second time in his two major league seasons, after having thrown a complete game shutout against San Diego when the two teams met in D.C. earlier this season. Roark took the mound in the first with a 2-0 lead courtesy of Anthony Rendon's two-run first inning home run and got right to work...

Here's how it looks from atop the Western Metal Supply Co. building. You're right, @FightinHydrant - tremendous view pic.twitter.com/D72qp24tQm

— Dan Kolko (@masnKolko) June 7, 2014

1st:Everth Cabrera went down on a foul tip strike three on an 0-2 heater. Seth Smith grounded out to second for out no.2. Carlos Quentin was strikeout victim no.2 when he went down swinging at a 92 mph 1-2 fastball to end a 17-pitch first by Roark.

2nd:Chase Headley flew out to Nate McLouth in foul territory in right. Yonder Alonso went the other way with a first pitch fastball outside and doubled to left. Will Venable tried to do the same, but flew out to Ryan Zimmerman in left for out no.2. Padres' catcher Rene Rivera stepped in with a runner on second and two down and worked the count full before taking a fastball knee-high inside for a called strike three. 11-pitch inning for Roark, 28 total after two scoreless.

3rd: Padres' second baseman Jace Peterson took a 91 mph 3-2 fastball for a called strike three. Tyson Ross K'd swinging at an 0-2 slider. Everth Cabrera tried to sneak a bunt down the third base line, but Roark was on it, throwing to first to end a 13-pitch frame and his third scoreless inning. 41 pitches total after three.

4th: Seth Smith flew out to Denard Span in center. Anthony Rendon took a weird hop off his hand and misfired on the throw to first. E:5. Chase Headley battled for eight pitches before he K'd swinging at a 92 mph 3-2 fastball for out no.2. Yonder Alonso got a 2-2 curve he had no chance of hitting. K no.7 for Roark. 19-pitch inning, 60P total after four. 2-0 Nats.

5th: Will Venable grounded back to the mound. Rene Rivera sent a broken-bat roller out to short for out no.2. Anthony Rendon was charged with his second error of the game on a two-hopper off Jace Peterson's bat that jumped up on the Nats' third baseman at the last second. Tyson Ross stepped in with a runner on, and went down looking at an 0-2 fastball. K no. 8. 14 scoreless vs the Padres this season. 11-pitch frame, 71 total after five.

6th: Everth Cabrera went down swinging at an 0-2 fastball. K no.9. Seth Smith grounded weakly to first. Carlos Quentin's groundout to third ended an 11-pitch, 1-2-3 sixth. 82 pitches total for Roark.

7th: Ryan Zimmerman showed off the range on a fly to left by Chase Headley. Yonder Alonso grounded out to first. A 92 mph 1-2 fastball got Will Venable swinging for out no.3 and K no.10. 10-pitch inning, 92 overall after seven scoreless.

8th: Rene Rivera lined the first pitch of the eight to left for a leadoff single. Roark got a double play grounder out Jace Peterson, but Espinosa bobble it and settled for a close play at second for the force. Pinch hitter Tommy Medica lined to left for a one-out single that put two runners on. A 92 mph 1-2 fastball got Everth Cabrera swinging for K no.11 on Roark's 102nd pitch. Seth Smith's pop to short left ended a 15-pitch inning. 107 pitches total in eight scoreless.

• Tanner Roark's Line: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 Ks, 107 P, 77 S, 10/4 GO/FO.

Really have no idea why anyone would want to live in San Diego. pic.twitter.com/DVav1uWGRZ

— Dan Kolko (@masnKolko) June 6, 2014

3. Ross vs the Nats: All three of 27-year-old right-hander Tyson Ross' career appearances against the Washington Nationals were relief appearances, all of which took place in 2013. The Oakland A's '08 2nd Round pick, acquired by the Padres in a four-player November 2012 trade, gave up a run on a home run by Bryce Harper in two innings of work in a May 16th game in Petco Park, then came back to throw two scoreless innings in the finale of that four-game set in San Diego.

In a July appearance out of the pen in the nation's capital, Ross gave up four hits, a walk and two earned runs in an 11-7 loss to the Nationals, leaving him with a 1.50 ERA in six innings on the mound against the Nats in his career before tonight.

Ross made his first start against Washington in the series opener in San Diego's Petco Park.

He took the mound in the top of the first with a (6-4) record on the year, a 2.85 ERA, 3.44 FIP, 29 walks (3.45 BB/9) and 70 Ks (8.33 K/9) in 12 starts and 75 2/3 IP so far in 2014.

Ross started the game with a leadoff walk to Denard Span and then promptly surrendered a two-run home run to left by Anthony Rendon, who took a 2-2 heater into the first row of the second deck for HR no.9 of 2014.

#Nats' GM Mike Rizzo on taking Rendon 6th in 2012: "We felt that there was no risk whatsoever with Rendon. We knew his shoulder was fine..."

— federalbaseball (@federalbaseball) June 7, 2014

#Nats' Mike Rizzo on drafting Rendon (cont): "We did the research on it and when he got to us at 6, we were extremely comfortable with it."

— federalbaseball (@federalbaseball) June 7, 2014

The Padres' starter got serious after Rendon's blast, setting 9 of the next 10 Nationals down and finishing three innings of work on 50 pitches after retiring the side in order in a 12-pitch third.

A seven-pitch, 1-2-3 fourth made it 10 straight retired and 12 of 13 batters set down after Rendon's home run. 57 pitches overall for Ross after four.

Danny Espinosa broke up Ross' streak of 10-straight batters set down with a leadoff, line drive triple to right in the top of the fifth, but the Padres' right-hander retired the next three batters in order without Espinosa coming in. The 13-pitch frame left him at 70 pitches total after five.

Ryan Zimmerman reached on an error and Adam LaRoche walked in back-to-back one-out at bats against Ross in the sixth and WIlson Ramos followed with an RBI ground-rule double to right that brought in the Nationals' third run of the game. 3-0. A walk to Ian Desmond loaded the bases for Danny Espinosa, who took a HBP on the back knee to force in the Nationals' fourth run, 4-0. Nate McLouth's two-run single in the next at bat made it 6-0 Nationals and ended Ross' night.

• Tyson Ross' Line: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 7 Ks, 99 P, 59 S, 8/0 GO/FO.

2. Road Trip: After taking five of the last six games on their eight-game homestand, the Nationals started a 10-game, three-city road trip tonight in the first game of three with the San Diego Padres in Petco Park. The three straight wins over the Philadelphia Phillies in the nation's capital left the Nationals two games above .500 at 30-28 on the year.

Nats' skipper Matt Williams was asked by a reporter on the Thursday if the trip out west would be a good test of the current state of the Nationals after they ended the homestand on a high note with the series sweep.

"Of course it's nice to go on the road with a series like this, of course," he said. "Is it a test? Well, we're playing a top-of-the-division team in San Francisco certainly. And the Padres played us tough here when they were here. And then we've got to go through St. Louis. So, is it a tough trip, yeah."

The Nats and Padres split their four-game set in Washington earlier this season, but the Nationals took the lead in the season series with tonight's 6-0 win and started the road trip off with their fourth straight curly-W.

1. The Wrap-Up:Kevin Quackenbush inherited a two-on, one-out jam when he took over for Tyson Ross in the sixth, but got the Padres out of the inning without further damage being done. Jason Lane threw a scoreless seventh for San Diego. Troy Patton threw a scoreless top of the ninth.

Ross Detwiler came on in the bottom of the inning and retired the Padres in order. Ballgame.

Nationals now 31-28

Roark adds a pile of strikeouts to this grounderz-first approach, adding to his power even more! Also, Rendon seems to have made his adjustments. It was even a nice outing for Detwiler.

Via Fangraphs (click to embiggen)

• Strike 'em out, ground 'em out:Tanner Roark (+27.6%) throws 8 scoreless, fanning 11 and walking none. I believe the technical term for that is, "pretty frickin' bueno."
• Ahead of the game:Anthony Rendon (+15.3%) provides all the offense the team would need, and he does it early so we all could relax, blasting a two-run dinger into the second deck in LF on the second AB of the game (+17.6%).
• Still making a case:Danny Espinosa (+8.9%) takes one for the team with a base-loaded HBP in the 6th (+3.2%).
• Just wait until his power is back:Wilson Ramos (+8.9%) bounces one over the wall in the 6th for a RBI, ground-rule double (+9.1%).

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The slugging junior outfielder is now the property of NL West.

Washington State right fielder Yale Rosen was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the MLB 2014 First-Year Player Draft today, No. 327 overall.

Rosen, a junior, had his second big year in a row for the Cougars, hitting .294 with five homers and 13 doubles for a team-leading slugging percentage of .457. While his teammate, third baseman Nick Tanielu, was the one to be named all-Pac-12 first team, it was Rosen who was WSU's most dangerous hitter as evidenced by his team-leading 25 walks. Nobody else had more than 16.

The lefty hitter's power numbers actually were slightly down from his sophomore year, when he hit seven homers to pace a .490 slugging percentage. But he struck out less and walked more in 2014, and (presuming he signs, which it is believed he will) Rosen will be heading off to professional ball with a considerably more polished approach.

Fans of Padres  wondering what Rosen's upside is should know that his power potential at 6-foot-2 and 208 pounds is tantalizing.

As an outfielder of modest defensive abilities, his bat is what's going to potentially carry him in his pro career. He hit 12 homers in his 2012 summer league stint, and that was before his season was ended prematurely with a shoulder injury. He did not fare as well in the Cape Cod league last summer, however, hitting just .237 with three homers in 27 games.

However, he bounced back in a big way for WSU. At one point in mid-April, Rosen's had an OPS of 1.097; that number started to dip when teams began to pitch him more carefully. Like most players making the step up to pro ball, he'll need to prove he can make solid contact while facing better pitchers.

It's important to note he's not a defensive liability, however, and he did have four steals in eight attempts this year. A slug, he is not.

EDIT: Rosen has confirmed he will sign and begin his pro career.

Tanner Roark's eight scoreless innings on the mound last night in the Washington Nationals' 6-0 win over the San Diego Padres gave him 17 scoreless against the Padres this season. He threw a complete game shutout against San Diego in D.C. in April.

In his last two starts, 27-year-old right-hander Tanner Roark has allowed one earned run (0.60 ERA) in 15 IP, walking two and striking out 15 while holding opposing hitters to a .185/.214/.259 line.

In two career starts against San Diego, after throwing eight scoreless last night in the Washington Nationals' 6-0 win, Roark has thrown 17 innings on the mound in which he hasn't allowed a run. Roark threw his first complete game shutout against the Padres earlier this season in D.C, then went eight innings without allowing a run in the series opener on Friday night in Petco Park.

Roark's 11 strikeouts last night were a career high and he induced 10 ground ball outs from the 29 batters he faced, allowing just three hits total, two of them in his final inning of work in a dominant outing that continued a strong stretch by the Nationals' starting pitchers.

In the last four games, all of which they've won, the Nationals gave gotten seven scoreless innings from Jordan Zimmermann, seven strong innings from Stephen Strasburg in which gave up four runs, two earned, seven innings from Doug Fister in which held the Phillies to two runs and then eight scoreless from Roark last night.

In those 29 innings, the Nats' starter have walked one batter while striking out 31.

"I think that they all take pride in throwing the ball over the plate," Nats' skipper Matt Williams said after Roark's outing last night.

"If they can have fastball command, that helps with those kind of numbers. You certainly don't expect that all the time, but the pitching staff has been great. The starters have been fantastic. We're scoring some runs and we have been over the last week or so, that all helps with them relaxing out there too."

The Nationals have outscored their opponents 25-6 over that stretch.

Tanner Roark didn't need any more run support than Anthony Rendon provided with his two-run home run in the first. Roark dominated the Padres hitters and broke a three-start losing streak. Roark allowed just six runs total in 20 IP (2.25 ERA) in the losses, but the Nationals scored just three runs total in those games.

On the year, Roark is (4-4) after last night's win with a 2.91 ERA, 3.52 FIP, 18 walks (2.09 BB/9) and 61 Ks (7.10 K/9) in 12 starts and 77 1/3 IP.

Roark's work on the mound in San Diego was just more of the same from the sort-of out nowhere right-hander who has the fifth-lowest ERA (2.34) amongst National League pitchers with at least 130 IP over the past two seasons since he made his MLB debut. His 2.91 ERA this season is the lowest amongst the Nationals' regular starters.

Rizzo & Kline on Nats' 1st Round pick Erick Fedde

Photo ˙© Greg Fiume/Getty Images

"He's been pitching like that for us all year," Williams told reporters. "You look at it, I saw a stat today, that will make nine quality starts for us this year. That's really good. So, just continues to pound the zone. All of his pitches. Pretty impressive."

Last night, Roark dominated the Padres while working predominantly with two pitches.

"Two-seamer and changeup and not a lot curveballs tonight," Williams said. "He used it a couple of times, he got one strikeout on it I think, but mostly fastball/changeup. Both sides of the plate. He's really effective when he can do that."

There were expected to be a flurry of guys picked early in Day 3, and that held true as Yale Rosen, Nick Tanielu and Tanner Chleborad came off the board quickly. Collin Slaybaugh waited longer, but was picked in the 26th round.

In what was considered a minor upset, exactly zero WSU baseball players were selected in the first 10 rounds of the MLB First-Year Player Draft on Thursday and Friday. That won't continue for long today, as day three of the draft, comprised of rounds 11 through 40, starts at 10 a.m. PDT.

In what should be obvious at this point, WSU doesn't feature any highly regarded prospects who are draft eligible. That said, it was mildly surprising that neither Yale Rosen nor Ben Roberts -- both outfielders -- came off the board yesterday.

While the MLB draft is a pretty extreme guessing game -- the NFL and NBA drafts pale in comparison -- especially outside the first five or six rounds, it was believed Rosen and Roberts were fairly highly thought of. Scout.com rated Roberts No. 265 overall, while Rosen dropped in at No. 273 overall. Perfect Game, meanwhile, had Rosen No. 267 and Roberts No. 376. That should have placed Rosen squarely in the first 10 rounds, so don't be surprised if he comes off the board quickly today.

The team's leader in average, third baseman Nick Tanielu, was rated higher than both of them by Perfect Game (No. 259) and Scout.com considered him a candidate for rounds 6-8. He could come off the board early today as well.

Another guy who is likely to be selected today is Tanner Chleborad; he was a 24th round pick by the Seattle Mariners out of high school. Other guys who could be slected include Collin Slaybaugh, Trace Tam Sing, Kellen Camus, Scott Simon and Joe Pistorese.

WSU's highest pick a year ago, Jason Monda (6th round, Philadelphia Phillies), has let teams know he will not be signing and intends to go to medical school. Do not expect him to get drafted, unless some team wants to take a flier late in order to get his rights for a year.

You can watch the selections live in this stream, or you can follow along on draft tracker.

Yale Rosen, Nick Tanielu, Tanner Chelborad and Collin Slaybaugh are selected, leaving some juniors not selected with tough choices. We recap the day's action.

Washington State's contribution to the 2014 MLB Draft wrapped up with the selection of senior catcher/outfielder Collin Slaybaugh in the 26th round by the New York Yankees, the No. 782 pick overall. He became the fourth Cougar selected on the day, joining outfielder Yale Rosen, third baseman Nick Tanielu and pitcher Tanner Chleborad.

"I want to thank my family for its support," Slaybaugh said in a statement through WSU. "We had a lot of my family watching the draft at our house and they all went out to buy Yankees' gear as soon as I was drafted. Thank you to the WSU Cougars. It has been a great four years. Most of my family members are Cougars so I have been a Coug my whole life. Now, I am excited to see what I can do in pro ball."

Rosen already has made it known he'll be turning pro with the San Diego Padres, who selected him in the 11th round.

"Before I left Pullman at the end of the season, I talked with the (WSU) coaching staff about my intentions to start my professional career," Rosen said in a statement through WSU. "I had a chance to work out for the Padres in San Diego a couple of days ago and there are some really good people in the organization. I am going to have an opportunity to play in Eugene, Ore., in the Northwest League, so this is a very exciting time."

Tanielu (14th round, Houston Astros) and Chleborad (16th round, Baltimore Orioles) sounded like they were leaning that way, but were less definite in their comments.

"First and foremost, I thank God, my dad and the coaches at Washington State," Tanielu said in a statement through WSU. "I could not have done this without them. My family and the coaches have always been in my corner. Thank you to the Coug fans for always rooting for us in good time and bad. Thank you to the Astros for providing me an opportunity to pursue my dream of playing professional baseball."

Said Chleborad, also in a statement through the school: "I'm extremely excited to have an opportunity to play at the next level. There is still some negotiating to do, but I am eager to see how the process plays out."

Tanielu actually does have a bit of leverage here; as someone who redshirted, he can come back for his junior year and take another run at moving up the draft for a bigger bonus, as he would still have some leverage with the organization. Chleborad, on the other hand, would need a monster senior year in 2015 to improve his financial position because all of his leverage to negotiate a bonus will be gone without the option to return.

One of the bigger surprises on the day was that redshirt sophomore outfielder Ben Roberts went undrafted, likely signaling that he made it known to organizations he was planning on returning to school. He was a seventh round pick out of high school and was ranked by a couple of services in the top 350 prospects available. We'll talk more about that next week, but that's a pretty positive development for WSU's 2015 team.

Among the draft eligible players who were not selected were shortstop Trace Tam Sing, pitcher Joe Pistorese, pitcher Kellen Camus and pitcher Scott Simon. Camus is a senior and will not be returning, while Tam Sing and Simon each are redshirt juniors who would be returning for a fifth season if they come back. Simon finished the year injured, but participated in senior day activities. Pistorese, who has been an excellent college pitcher but lacks the arm talent to wow scouts, would be a senior.

There always are sad stories as well. A year ago, pitcher J.D. Leckenby was drafted in the 14th round by the New York Mets; he returned to school and ended up missing the year with an arm injury, leading to him going undrafted.

But hey - he got his degree!

This is what it's all about! Congrats to our Cougs who graduated today. @KCcoug47@michaelmonda12@JamesLeckenbypic.twitter.com/FstWgsdWTw

— WSU Baseball (@Cougbaseball) May 10, 2014

We'll keep you posted in the coming weeks as news of signings (or non-signings) rolls in.

The Washington Nationals were up 3-2 with two down in the ninth when San Diego Padres' first baseman Yonder Alonso tied it up with a solo blast off Rafael Soriano. It went to the 11th before Cameron Maybin hit an RBI single to right to win it.

Tony Gwynn Appreciation Top 5:

5. Quick Recap: Blake Treinen started the second game of three for the Washington Nationals in Petco Park with three scoreless innings, but the San Diego Padres scored two on the 25-year-old Nats' starter, with Chase Headley and Cameron Maybin doubling in runs in the bottom of the fourth for a 2-0 lead.

Chase Headley finds the gap in left-center for an RBI double! His 20th RBI of the season gives the #Padres a 1-0 lead in the 4th.

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 8, 2014

Andrew Cashner retired 16 straight Nationals' hitters after a two-out walk to Adam LaRoche in the first, completing six scoreless innings on just 70 pitches, but in his first start back from the DL (elbow strain) he was lifted there and the Nationals hit back-to-back one-out doubles off Cashner's replacement, Nick Vincent, to cut the Padres' lead in half and one out later, Ian Desmond hit a two-run home run out to right-center to give the Nationals a 3-2 lead. HR no.12 for Ian Desmond.

WATCH: Estimated distance on this @IanDesmond20 HR: 432 ft. At Petco. At night. Yeah, it was a bomb: http://t.co/8C6iO8Ds9n#Steak#VoteDesi

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 8, 2014

The Nationals took the 3-2 lead to the ninth and were one out away from winning it when Rafael Soriano gave up a two-out, game-tying home run by Yonder Alonso.

The game went to extras before Cameron Maybin hit a walk-off single off Craig Stammen to win it, 4-3 final. Rubber match tomorrow in Petco Park.

4. Treinen vs San Diego: Before tonight, Blake Treinen's last start was on May 22nd in Pittsburgh, PA's PNC Park, where he gave up four hits and two earned runs in 5 2/3 IP, filling in for the then-recently DL'd Gio Gonzalez.

Nationals' manager Matt Williams was happy with the outing by the 25-year-old right-hander, though he said the relatively-inexperienced pitcher was still learning how to best use his stuff after moving up and down been Triple-A and the majors early this season and back and forth between the bullpen and rotation depending on the Nationals' needs.

"He goes out there with this mindset of being a starting pitcher now," Williams explained, "and it takes time to learn that. It takes time for him to learn where he can set at and pitch effectively. So does he go out in the first inning and just throw 97 [mph] because that's the way he does it? Probably.

"But at some point during his career he's going to learn that he can go out there and set at 94 [mph] and maintain 94 throughout the game. He's a young pitcher. That happens. So, I would say this though, I think that later in the game, in the later innings, at 93 or 92 or whatever it is, his ball probably sinks more, so that's probably an advantage that he has."

Treinen's next scheduled start was rained out, however, and he was skipped so the rest of the Nats' starters could pitch on regular rest. The former Oakland A's prospect acquired in the three-team Michael Morse deal with the Athletics and Seattle Mariners made one appearances out of the pen in-between starts, throwing two scoreless innings in the Nats' 9-2 win over the Texas Rangers.

He returned to the rotation tonight, and according to reports from San Diego, Treinen will likely get at least one more outing as a starter since Gio Gonzalez's first rehab start didn't go as well as hoped and he'll likely have at least one more before he returns to the majors.

Gio Gonzalez will have another rehab start in Potomac. June 12. Command not sharp enough last night, Williams said.

— Adam Kilgore (@AdamKilgoreWP) June 8, 2014

Treinen's third start of the year began with a grounder toward first that he handled himself...

1st: Everth Cabrera grounded back toward the mound for the first out of the Padres' first inning. San Diego's right fielder, Will Venable, grounded out to first. Seth Smith hit a two-out, line drive double to right field on a 2-0 sinker inside from Treinen, but he was stranded at second when Chase Headley grounded out to second base to end a 14-pitch first inning by the Nats' starter.

2nd: Yonder Alonso got a leadoff single by a sliding Danny Espinosa in the first at bat of the second. Cameron Maybin grounded into a force at second, but beat out the 4-3 part of the Nats' double play attempt. Jace Peterson got it right, grounding out to short to start an inning-ending 6-3 DP. Nine-pitch frame, 23 total after two.

3rd:Rene Rivera took an 0-2 slider to center where Denard Span caught the first out of the Padres' third. Andrew Cashner grounded weakly to first for out no.2 and a broken bat pop to second by Everth Cabrera ended an eight-pitch inning, after which Treinen was up to 31 pitches.

#Nats Manager Matt Williams said LHP Gio Gonzalez is expected to make another rehab start on June 12, likely back with Single-A Potomac.

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 8, 2014

4th: Treinen got the first out of the fourth on the first pitch he threw to Will Venable, who grounded out to first. Seth Smith took a 1-1 sinker through the right side for a one-out single and then scored on a gapper to left-center by Chase Headley, who doubled on a 95 mph 1-0 sinker. Yonder Alonso moved Headley over to third with a groundout to second, and Headley scored from there when Cameron Maybin hit an 0-1 slider to left for a two-out RBI double that made it a 2-0 game. Jace Peterson's groundout to first ended a 13-pitch inning that left Treinen at 44 total.

5th: Rene River took a 1-2 sinker outside for a called strike three. Andrew Cashner bunted back to the mound on the first pitch he saw. Everth Cabrera sent a chopper out to second to end a quick, seven-pitch frame. 51 pitches total after five.

6th: WIll Venable flew out to center in the first at bat of the Padres' sixth. Seth Smith sent the 12th groundout of the game by Blake Treinen out to the mound. Chase Headley's fly to left-center ended up in Ryan Zimmerman's glove. Treinen's 12-pitch, 1-2-3 frame left him at 64 pitches total after six.

• Blake Treinen's line: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 63P, 32 S, 12/2 GO/FO. 3-2

#CashisBackpic.twitter.com/D7EWaSp65C

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 8, 2014

3. Cashner Returns: Andrew Cashner gave up eight hits and four runs, two earned in an April 26th start against the Nationals in the nation's capital, taking the loss in what ended up a 4-2 game. That start left the 27-year-old former Cubs' '08 1st Round pick, who was acquired by San Diego in the January 2012 trade that sent Anthony Rizzo to Chicago, with a (2-2) record, a 4.87 ERA, six walks (2.66 BB/9) and 17 Ks (7.52 K/9) in eight games, three starts and 20 1/3 IP against the Nats in his career, over which Washington's hitters have put up a combined .272/.322/.358 line against him.

Cashner's been tough at home in Petco Park this year, where he was (2-2) with a 1.67 ERA, 2.79 FIP, 10 walks and 26 Ks in 32 1/3 IP before tonight, over which he held opposing hitters to a .203/.263/.246 line. He returned from the DL to make tonight's start after missing three weeks with a strained right elbow.

Padres' catcher Rene Rivera helped Cashner out of trouble in the first, picking Kevin Frandsen off third with runners on second and third and one down in what ended up being a scoreless opening frame. In the second, he retired the Nationals in order in a nine-pitch, 1-2-3 inning that left the righty at 27 pitches total after two.

A quick, 10-pitch third pushed Cashner up to 37 pitches. An 11-pitch fourth left him at 48 overall with 10 straight batters retired. A 10-pitch, 1-2-3 fourth gave Cashner 13 straight outs and five scoreless on 58 pitches. A 12-pitch, 1-2-3 sixth made it 16 straight batters retired and 70 pitches total.

That's 16 straight retired by Cashner. #Padres#CashisBack

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 8, 2014

That was it for Cashner, who was on a pitch limit in his first start back.

• Andrew Cashner's Line: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks, 70 P, 49 S, 10/2 GO/FO.

Don't miss Ryan Zimmerman chatting with @FightinHydrant before the #Nats' 10:10 pm (ET) game vs. the #Padres. pic.twitter.com/i123Qdifqs

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 7, 2014

2. No Rendon: Though X-rays were negative, Anthony Rendon's right hand was swollen after he took a grounder off the thumb and forefinger in last night's win, so he was out of the lineup for the second game of three with the Padres tonight and listed as day-to-day. So for the second time in the last week he wasn't playing third base and for the second time Nats' skipper Matt Williams did not turn to Ryan Zimmerman to fill in at third, opting for Kevin Frandsen at the hot corner instead.

Ian Desmond was sitting last time the opportunity to get Zimmerman back in at third came up, but Williams left Zim in left field in favor of playing Frandsen at third while Danny Espinosa played short and Anthony Rendon shifted over to second base.

Williams was asked then if Zimmerman was a legitimate option at third at this point?

"He's an option," Williams said, though Zimmerman told The Washington Post's Adam Kilgore yesterday that he's not sure when/if he'll return to third base.

"Again, he's early in the process of this throwing program too," Williams said last week, "but yeah, he's an option. I'm sure at some point he'll be in there. But I think he's playing left field fine too. We just want to have his bat in the lineup."

Williams has continued to say that the plan is to eventually move Zimmerman back to third base when Bryce Harper returns to play left field, but so far since he returned from the DL after fracturing his thumb in early April, he has yet to play the position he manned from late 2005 until early this season.

In Frandsen's last start at third, he was 1 for 4 in the Nats' 4-2 win over the Phillies.

Tonight in Petco Park, he singled to right field in his first at bat, taking an 0-1 fastball from Andrew Cashner through the right side of the infield, but after taking third on a Jayson Werth double to right, he was picked off third by Padres' catcher Rene Rivera for the second out of what ended up a scoreless opening frame.

Frandsen K'd swinging to end the third and grounded out to end the top of the six. 1 for 3.

1. The Wrap-Up: Right-hander Nick Vincent took over on the mound for Andrew Cashner in the seventh and gave up the first hit since the first inning on an one-out Adam LaRoche fly to left field that Seth Smith couldn't catch. Ryan Zimmerman followed with an RBI double to right and the Nationals were on the board, 2-1 Padres. One out later, Ian Desmond hit HR no.12 of 2014 out to right-center to give the Nats a 3-2 lead.

RT @Bharper3407: I see ya big kid! @IanDesmond20#bomb

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 8, 2014

Jerry Blevins took over for Blake Treinen in the bottom of the seventh and retired the first two batters he faced before handing the ball over to Drew Storen, who threw an 0-2 sinker by pinch hitter Tommy Medica to end a 1-2-3 frame.

After a scoreless inning of work by Padres' RHP Dale Thayer in the top of the eighth, Tyler Clippard took over on the mound for the Nationals and gave up a leadoff double to left by Rene Rivera. Pinch hitter Chris Denorfia bunted Rivera over/gave up an out. Everth Carbera popped to short center for out no.2, but it wasn't deep enough for Rivera to tag up. A 1-2 change to Carlos Quentin got the Padres' outfielder swinging for out no.3.

Pitch it, Soriano! Pitch it, Soriano! Strike'em out, Soriano! Strike'em out, Soriano! Nationals' closer Rafael Soriano took the mound in the bottom of the ninth with a one-run lead, looking for save no.13 of 2014. Seth Smith went down swinging at a 91 mph 1-2 fastball. Chase Headley fell behind 0-2 quickly and grounded out to Soriano for out no.2. Yonder Alonso... took a 90 mph 1-0 fastball to right and tied it up at 3-3.

After Huston Street threw a scoreless tenth, Craig Stammen took over on the mound for the Nationals and gave up a one-out double by Rene Rivera, who bounced a first-pitch slider off the left field wall. Chris Denorfia took an 0-2 fastball knee-high outside for a called strike three and out no.2. Everth Cabrera stepped in with the winning run on second and two down and flew out to left-center to end the tenth.

Joaquin Benoit took over for the Padres in the eleventh and retired the side in order.

Craig Stammen came back out for a second inning of work and gave up a two-out single to left by Chase Headley and a walk to Yonder Alonso setting Cameron Maybin up with a chance to win it... and he did. Bloop single to right to bring Headley in. Ballgame.

Nationals now 31-29

Andrew Cashner made his first start in nearly a month tonight, and he hasn't missed a step. He stupified the Nationals' offense in his 6 shutout innings, yielding only 2 hits and a walk while striking out 5. All three baserunners came in the first inning; Cash retired an impressive 16 in a row after that. If you ask him, he probably had more left in the tank, but Bud Black yanked him after 70 pitches. It's understandable; easing your ace back off the disabled list seems like a good idea.

Cashner left the game in line for the W, thanks to a solid fourth inning rally. Seth Smith singled to Jayson "I let my dad defend me" Werth. Chase Headley followed right away with an RBI double, and then scored himself on Cameron Maybin's double to left. Instant two run lead.

Nick Vincent came in to spell Cashner in the seventh, and it did not go well. After retiring Werth and his awful beard, 50 'cent gave up back to back doubles to Adam LaRoche and Ryan Zimmerman. No big deal though, just get the next two guys out, right? A line out took care of Wilson Ramos, but Vincent got hit bad by Ian Desmond. The shortstop took him deep to center field, and the lead was gone.

Rene Rivera was ready to take that lead back in the eighth, knocking a leadoff double into the left field corner. A sacrifice bunt by Chris Denorfia moved him to third, but Everth Cabrera couldn't hit one deep enough to bring him home. A short fly ball brought up Carlos Quentin with two gone. The slugger struck out, leaving Rivera stranded.

Down to the last out in the bottom of the ninth, Yonder Alonso strolled up to the plate. He only needed two pitches to take Nats closer Rafael Soriano deep to right. It was time for some bonus baseball. Fun fact: The Nationals were 1-5 in extra innings games going into tonight's game. The Padres were 3-3.

Huston Street pitched a scoreless tenth to keep hope alive. Rene Rivera's night wasn't done, as he hit another hard one to left field. The catcher pulled a Maxwell Smart and missed a home run by that much. The resulting double was nice, but he was stranded once again. Onto the eleventh! Joaquin Benoit took the mound for the good guys and retired the side in order to bring up the heart of the Padres order.

The Nats quickly retired the first two batters, and it looked like we were going to head to the twelfth. But Headley kept the inning alive with a single to left. Alonso drew a key walk to move him into scoring position, bringing up Maybin. Cam picked up his second RBI of the night, with a bloop single to shallow right field. There was no catching Headley, who hustled into home for a walkoff win.

Eric Stults will go for the series win tomorrow at 1:10 PM.

Friar Fever led the comments once again, but everybody was a winner in the recs department, with stars being clicked left and right.

The Washington Nationals battled back from a 2-0 deficit to take a 3-2 lead in the seventh, but Nats' closer Rafael Soriano blew his second save of the season and the San Diego Padres won it in extra innings on a walk-off single by Cameron Maybin.

A rally killing pickoff here. A bad pitch there. A blown save after a comeback. A walk that puts the winning run in scoring position. A win streak that ends on a walk-off winner.

There was a lot of drama in Petco Park last night where the Washington Nationals played the second game of their three-game set with the San Diego Padres. The Nats had a chance to win their fifth straight and set themselves up for a series sweep, but with two out in the ninth and a 3-2 lead, Nationals' closer Rafael Soriano left a sinker up in the zone for Padres' first baseman Yonder Alonso, who hit his fifth home run of the year out to right field to tie things up at 3-3 and send it to extra innings.

It was the second blown save of the year for the Nationals' 34-year-old closer and just the second appearance this season in which he's allowed a run to score.

"I tried to go sinker down and away," Soriano told reporters after the 4-3 loss. "And I see the pitch it was high and right in the middle. Nothing that I can do."

"Just a ball up," Nats' skipper Matt Williams said.

"[Alonso] is looking to drive a ball there and he just got it up, middle for him. Soriano has been really good, so we'll take our chances every day with him and a one-run lead in the ninth. Didn't happen for us tonight."

Soriano, as a closer has to, said he was ready to turn the page.

"Probably come back tomorrow and make a better pitch," he said. "Because you cannot win every day. I want to, but it's not possible in this game. I want to win because this guy did his job and I try to do my job too. Tonight it didn't happen. So be ready tomorrow and come back and see."

More often than not this season, the veteran reliever has been the lights out closer the Nationals wanted when they signed him to a 2-year/$28M dollar deal before the 2013 campaign. It's not always pretty, but he's gotten the job done.

After giving up the game-tying run tonight, Soriano has a 1.13 ERA, a 2.82 FIP, nine walks (3.38 BB/9) and 23 Ks (8.63 K/9) in 24 IP so far in 2014.

He couldn't finish what Blake Treinen started, however. Treinen, 25, was making his first start since May 22nd, and he held the Padres to two runs on five hits in six innings of work, and then, after back-to-back doubles by Adam LaRoche and Ryan Zimmerman and a two-run home run by Ian Desmond off San Diego reliever Nick Vincent in the top of the seventh put the Nationals up 3-2, Williams went to his bullpen hoping they could hold the lead and wrap things up for the rookie starter.

"He pitched well," Williams said. "We had an opportunity there to go to our pen which has been so good. Still in the 60s in his pitch count, having such a long layoff and us taking the lead there in the top of the inning. It set up good for us."

It didn't happen tonight though. Soriano blew the save, the Padres tied it at 3-3 and then two innings later won it on a walk-off single by Cameron Maybin that was set up by a two-out single by Chase Headley and a walk by Yonder Alonso in an at bat in which Nats' right-hander Craig Stammen was a little too careful with the Padres' first baseman, who had a .213 AVG after the ninth inning home run.

It was a particularly tough way to lose after a hard-fought comeback. Padres' starter Andrew Cashner, in his first start off a DL stint for an elbow strain, dominated the Nationals through six innings, retiring 16 straight batters after a two-out walk to LaRoche in the first. The Nats scored four runs (two earned) on eight hits in a 4-0 win over the 27-year-old right-hander and the Padres earlier this season in D.C., but they couldn't get much of anything going in the six innings Cashner was on the mound tonight.

At least after the first inning that is.

The Nationals threatened to take an early lead in the opening frame with Kevin Frandsen singling with one down and going around to third on a double by Jayson Werth in the next at bat. But Frandsen was picked off third by Padres' catcher Rene Rivera and after the walk to LaRoche, Casher got an inning-ending groundout from Ryan Zimmerman to complete the first of his six scoreless innings and start the streak of retired batters.

Rizzo & Kline on Nats' 1st Round pick Erick Fedde

Photo ˙© Greg Fiume/Getty Images

"He just got a little bit too far off," Williams said when asked about Frandsen getting picked off. "It's a designed play by them. It's a signal from the catcher to third baseman or vice versa and they threw kind of an outside slider that he was able to have some momentum going that way. Just wandered off there too far."

The pickoff killed the Nationals' momentum and allowed Cashner to get comfortable on the mound and they never got another chance until he was out of the game.

"We did a nice job of coming back in the game," Williams said.

"Cashner, certainly on a pitch count, him being injured or sore as well, so we were able to get to Vincent there and get a lead, we just couldn't hold it."

• We talked about the Nats' loss, Soriano's blown save, Ian Desmond's home run and Andrew Cashner's hair on the latest edition of Nats Nightly:

I have a real fascination with what my e-migo Nick, author of the incredible card blog Dime Boxes, calls "zero-year cards". The premise is simple: A zero-year card is one on which a player is pictured as a member of a team he never played a regular-season game for. Most examples of these involve players like Alex Cole who got traded before reaching the majors, but more interesting to me are the mid-career instances such as Harold Reynolds. Mike Brumley's 1989 Donruss card depicting him in Padres brown and orange fits that bill.

Brumley was a member of the Padres organization for a little over a year; he spent all of 1988 with AAA Las Vegas after being acquired from the Cubs along with Keith Moreland for Ray Hayward and a disgruntled Goose Gossage. Following a good season down on the farm, Brumley came to spring training in 1989 vying for a bench job behind Garry Templeton, Roberto Alomar, and Randy Ready. However, about a week before Opening Day, he was sent to Detroit for the second coming of Luis Salazar. The trade is universally panned by Tigers fans, as Brumley hit below the Mendoza line with no power in a career-high 92 games. Detroit managed to pawn him off on the Orioles the following winter for middling DH Larry Sheets, and then Baltimore released him before the season.  Brumley next latched on with Seattle and got into a handful of major league games each year through 1995 with them, the Red Sox, Astros, and A's.

I didn't even realize I had this card until this morning when I was flipping through an alphabetized box of random Padres cards looking for Greg Booker. When I saw Brumley's name something didn't seem quite right. I knew I had seen it before, but it didn't ring a bell in connection with any of those late-'80s Padres teams. Curious that I might have had a zero-year card I didn't know about under my nose all this time, I looked up his Baseball Reference page and sure enough. If we're being completely honest right now, I'm kind of embarrassed that I'm such a nerd that it occurred to me to look that up.

Last night's extra-inning victory may have our Padres slightly less rested than usual, but they hope to make good things happen at Petco Park this afternoon as Eric Stults takes the mound to try to secure the series win and send the Nationals off on a sad flight.

Stultsy hasn't had his sharpest stuff lately, but hopefully he can turn things around in front of the troops today. Over his last three starts, he's gone 0-2 with a 6.48 ERA. Most recently he gave up four runs on five hits (including two homers) through six innings against the Cubs in Chicago. He has already faced the Nats once this season, going 5 1/3 innings. He allowed 10 hits and issued a walk, but only surrendered two runs. His only other career appearance against Washington was a more successful one, as he kept them to one run in eight innings of work to earn the win in May of last year.

Jordan Zimmermann pitched against Stults in both of those starts, and he'll do so again this afternoon. In April he gave up three runs in six innings, but ultimately ended up with a no-decision as the Nat's took the loss in 12 innings. In last year's matchup, Zimmermann's complete game effort ended in a tough-luck loss. He was fantastic his last time out, giving up only five hits to the Phillies. Prior to that he had a four-game stretch in which he went 1-1 with a 5.96 ERA, so he'll try to keep his June record spotless as he closes out the series in San Diego.

Last night the Padres handed the Nationals their first loss in six tries. Let's see if our boys can get their own win streak going this afternoon. Game time is 1:10 PDT.

Jordan Zimmermann was perfect through 5 1/3 IP in the series finale with the San Diego Padres before he finally gave up a hit. The Washington Nationals took a 6-0 lead early and took 2 of 3 from the Padres in Petco Park. Next stop San Francisco...

Petco Park Rubber Match Top 5:

5. Quick Recap: Denard Span hustled around to second with a leadoff double on a ground ball that went by the right side of second and into center field in Petco Park. After the two-base hit, Span's 17th of 2014, the Washington's 30-year-old outfielder stole third off San Diego Padres' starter Eric Stults and catcher Yasmani Grandal and then scored on an RBI groundout to short by Kevin Frandsen that gave the visiting Nationals a 1-0 lead after a half-inning in the series finale with the Padres.

Ryan Zimmerman singled to start the Nationals' second, then came home the easy way when Ian Desmond hit an 87 mph 1-0 fastball to center field for a two-run home run and a 3-0 lead. HR no.13 for Desmond. Second in the last two days.

WATCH: @IanDesmond20 now has 13 HRs this season. This one put the #Nats up 3-0: http://t.co/5mCwZ3B1dl#VoteDesi#Steak

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 8, 2014

The Nationals' third started with three straight singles by Kevin Frandsen, Jayson Werth and Adam LaRoche, with LaRoche's driving in run no.4, 4-0. Danny Espinosa faced a new pitcher, Tim Stauffer, when he stepped in with one down and the bases loaded and Espinosa took a first-pitch fastball to right for a two-run single and a 6-0 Nats' lead.

WATCH: @e3LaRoche put the #Nats up 4-0 with this RBI-single to left: http://t.co/nREpdzQTJI#VoteLaRoche

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 8, 2014

WATCH: Want to see Danny Espinosa put the #Nats up 6-0? Here you go: http://t.co/xmYunzIpcI

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 8, 2014

Jordan Zimmermann was perfect through 5 1/3 IP in Petco Park before Padres' second baseman Alexi Amarista singled to right for the first hit of the game for San Diego, but Zimmermann set down the next two batters in the home-half of the sixth, after which he had retired 18 of the 19 batters he faced.

Zimmermann was at 100 pitches and 11 Ks after a 13-pitch eighth and he came back out for the ninth to finish the complete game shutout.

6-0 Nationals.

4. Zimmermann vs the Friars: Having put a rough month of May behind him, recently-turned 28-year-old Nationals' starter Jordan Zimmermann got off to a good start in June with eight scoreless innings on the mound last time out against the Philadelphia Phillies in Nationals Park. The difference, Nats' skipper Matt Williams said, was the right-hander getting better results with a pitch he struggled with through the first two months of the season.

"I think it was the slider," Williams said. "He threw a lot of sliders today for strikes. He has not really found it as we talked about, he throws some good ones, but it hasn't been consistent. Tonight it was really consistent, so he worked his changeup a little bit. Worked his sliders to the right-handers and was able to throw it for a strike, which was good."

Wiliams said he thought it was important that Zimmermann put a strong start together after struggling in his previous outings last month.

"He's kept us in games," Williams explained, "and we've had chances to win and all of that, but tonight was a really good step for him because he was able to throw all of his pitches for strikes and he commanded the zone really well, so it's good."

With the win over the Phillies, Zimmermann improved to (4-2) on the year with a 3.59 ERA, a 3.18 FIP, 14 walks (1.86 BB/9) and 54 Ks (7.18 K/9) in 12 starts and 67 2/3 IP.

As the Nationals' pregame notes before today's outing mentioned, some of the Nats' '07 2nd Round pick's issues this year can be tied to bad "luck" in the form of a Batting Average on Balls in Play (.394 BABIP) that is 74 points higher than his BABIP in 2013 (.275). Zimmermann's BABIP on the year heading into this afternoon's start, was the second-highest amongst major league starters, behind only teammate Stephen Strasburg's .358 BABIP.

Zimmermann faced the Padres earlier this season, receiving no decision in a 4-3 loss in which he gave up five hits and three earned runs over six innings. In six career starts against San Diego before today, the Auburndale, Wisconsin-born starter was (1-2) with a 2.35 ERA, four walks (0.94 BB/9) and 35 Ks (8.22 K/9) in 38 1/3 IP, over which he held Padres' hitters to put up a combined .214/.247/.329 line.

This afternoon in Petco Park, where he was (1-1) with a 0.86 ERA, one walk (0.43 BB/9) and 22 Ks (9.43 K/9) in three starts and 21 IP over which he's held San Diego's bats to a .200/.231/.293 line, Zimmermann started the game with a 1-0 lead courtesy of Denard Span's double, stolen base and run scored in the opening frame...

1st:Everth Cabrera went down swinging at a high 1-2 heater outside. Seth Smith chased a 95 mph 1-2 heater that was knee-high outside for out and K no.2. Carlos Quentin's fly to left fell into Ryan Zimmerman's glove and ended a 10-pitch, 1-2-3 opening frame by Jordan Zimmermann.

2nd: Chase Headley took a 79 mph 1-2 curve for a called strike three. Yonder Alonso got sawed off at the handle on a 94 mph 0-1 heater that resulted in a weak groundout to short. Yasmani Grandal took a 95 mph 1-2 heater knee-high outside for a called strike three, out no.3 and K no.4 in two scoreless.

3rd: Cameron Maybin grounded weakly to short where Ian Desmond made a barehand grab and throw that Adam LaRoche picked out of the dirt. Zimmermann covered first on a groundout to first by Alexi Amarista, who was out no.8 to start the game. Tim Stauffer battled for eight pitches before striking out to end an 18-pitch frame which left Zimmermann at 38 pitches after three scoreless.

Ian Desmond does it all, man. #Natshttps://t.co/09Sr9qavgQ

— Joe Drugan (@TheNatsBlogJoe) June 8, 2014

4th: Everth Cabrera grounded to short. Ian Desmond bounced the throw to first, but LaRoche picked it. Seth Smith grounded out to Kevin Frandsen at third. Carlos Quentin fell behind 0-2 and went down swingign at a 94 fastball outside. 12 up, 12 down. 13-pitch frame, 51 overall after four.

5th: Chase Headley was first pitch swinging and he grounded out to first. 13. Yonder Alonso popped out to Kevin Frandsen in foul territory off third. 14. Yasmani Grandal went down swinging at a 93 mph 2-2 heater. Foul tip strike three. 15 up, 15 down after a nine-pitch frame. 60 pitches total, seven Ks after five.

6th: Cameron Maybin flew out to Jayson Werth down the right field line. 16. Alexi Amarista got to a 2-2 count and took a 94 mph fastball to right for a soft liner and the Padres' first hit of the game. 16 of 17 set down. Pinch hitter Tommy Medica K'd swinging through a 94 mph 2-2 heater. Everth Cabrera K'd swinging at a 2-2 change to end an 18-pitch frame after which Zimmerman was up to 78 pitches with 18 of 19 batters set down.

7th: Seth Smith lined to right to start the seventh, and it got under Jayson Werth's glove for a leadoff triple. Carlos Quentin grounded out to third for out no.1. Chase Headley popped out to third for out no.2 and Yonder Alonson lined out to center to end a nine-pitch seventh. 87 pitches overall for Zimmermann.

8th: Yasmani Grandal flew out to deep center to start the Padres' eighth. Cameron Maybin took a 93 mph 1-2 heater for a called strike three and K no.10. Alexi Amarista fouled strike three into Jose Lobaton's mitt to end a 13-pitch frame with Zimmermann's 11th K. 100 pitches total.

9th: Will Venable popped out to second. Everth Cabera K'd swinging. No.12. Seth Smith fell behind 0-2 and grounded out to short. Ballgame. 14-pitch frame. 114-pitch complete game.

• Jordan Zimmermann's Line: 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 Ks, 114 P, 83 S, 8/3 GO/FO.

3. Eric Stults, Not Stoltz: Eric Stults, 34, gave up 10 hits but just two earned runs in 5 1/3 IP against Washington in the nation's capital back on April 24 in a 4-3 Padres' win over the Nationals in which he received no decision. It was his second career start opposite the Nats, against whom he was (1-0) with a 2.03 ERA, two walks and eight Ks in 13 1/3 IP in which Nationals' hitters put up a .286/.308/.347 line heading into today's series finale in Petco Park.

On the year, before today, the veteran of eight MLB seasons was (2-6) with a 5.03 ERA, 5.26 FIP, 13 walks (1.87 BB/9) and 32 Ks (4.60 K/9) in 12 starts and 62 2/3 IP.

He was facing a Nationals team today that came into the game with a .280/.341/.414 line vs left-handed pitchers, good for second in the NL in AVG vs LHP, behind on the Rockies' .297 AVG, third in the National League in OBP, behind the Rockies (.345) and Braves (346) and seventh in SLG.

Stults gave up leadoff hits in each of the first two innings this afternoon, with Denard Span doubling to start the first and scoring, 1-0, and Ryan Zimmerman singling in the first at bat of the second. Ian Desmond followed Zimmerman's single with a two-run home run to center in Petco Park. 3-0 Nats.

Ian Desmond even got a #Zimmermitt high five for his second-inning HR. pic.twitter.com/MTLb53rJNO

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 8, 2014

Kevin Frandsen reached base safely on a hard-hit grounder to third that jumped on and bounced off Chase Headley, putting the leadoff hitter on in each of the first three frames. Jayson Werth singled to left in the next at bat to put two on for Adam LaRoche, who hit the third straight single and drove in the Nats' fourth run. One out later, Ian Desmond singled to right to load the bases with one down and Stults was done for the day...

Tim Stauffer took over with the bases loaded and Danny Espinosa at he plate and gave up a two-run single to right that made it 6-0 Nats after three in the series finale.

• Eric Stolts' Line: 2.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 Ks, 1 HR, 48 P, 33 S, 1/1 GO/FO.

The Jayson Werth slide stop is never not awesome https://t.co/3EUpp4LWiQ

— Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) June 8, 2014

2. If Clutch Existed:Ian Desmond's seventh inning home run off San Diego reliever Nick Vincent last night traveled 437 ft to center field in Petco Park and lifted the Nationals to a 3-2 lead after they trailed 2-0 through six innings and were almost completely shut down by Padres' starter Andrew Cashner. As several reporters, including CSN Washington.com's Mark Zuckerman noted, Desmond's 12th home run of the year was the sixth that put the Nats ahead:

Attn @FightinHydrant: 6 of Desmond's 12 HRs have put Nats ahead, 2 have tied game.

— Mark Zuckerman (@ZuckermanCSN) June 8, 2014

If clutch existed, Ian Desmond might be it.

"That's hit a long way," Nats' skipper Matt Williams said when asked about Desi's 12th long ball of 2014, which was made more impressive by the fact that it was hit out of the Padres' notoriously homer-hating park.

"It's difficult at night here to hit a homer," the former major leaguer-turned-manager said. "[Yonder] Alonso's the same way, so it's difficult to play long ball here at night. Much better during the day, but at night it's very difficult."

The home run by Desmond was his only hit in a 1 for 4 game which left him with a .227/.297/.427 line on the year in 59 games and 249 plate appearances in 2014.

Desmond started the series finale with HR no.13 of 2014, taking Eric Stults deep to center field for a two-run home run and a 3-0 Nationals' lead early in the series finale.

1. The Wrap-Up: San Diego right-hander Tim Stauffer retired the Nationals in order in the fourth for the first 1-2-3 frame of the day by the Padres. Jayson Werth singled to start the fifth, but three outs later he was stranded at first as Stauffer struck out the side. Stauffer issued a one-out walk to Jose Lobaton, but nothing else in a scoreless top of the sixth.

Kevin Quackenbush gave up a leadoff double and a two-out walk, but completed a scoreless seventh inning vs the Nationals.

Troy Patton pitched around a leadoff single by Danny Espinosa (who was 3 for 4 on the day after the hit) before finishing up a scoreless top of the eighth.

Alex Torres threw a scoreless ninth, stranding two Nationals.

Jordan Zimmermann came back out for the ninth and threw a scoreless frame for the complete game.

6-0 Nationals.

Nationals now 32-29

I'm pretty sure the Padres lost this one because they drafted Johnny Manziel. I read it on Twitter, so it must be true.

It can be hard to tell sometimes if the Padres offense stinks or if the pitching is just that good. The Nationals' Jordan Zimmermann is good, but is he really the kind of pitcher that throws a two-hit complete game shutout while striking out an even dozen? Since this was only his sixth career complete game and third career shutout, I'm going to say the Padres are just that bad. Of course, it wasn't just the offense that sucked. Eric Stults allowed four runs in his 2.1 innings on the mound, and Tim Stauffer allowed two of the runners he inherited from Stults to come around. There's a reason the southpaw is hated by 3 out of 4 Padres fans.

The boys have a day off to regroup tomorrow before Ian Kennedy takes the mound in Philadelphia. First pitch at 4:05 PM.

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