Jordan Zimmermann

Padres 2, Nationals 1: Yonder Alonso homered and Eric Stults tossed eight strong innings as San Diego edged visiting Washington. Alexi Amarista broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth when he scored from second base on Everth Cabrera’s one-out single to...

Everth Cabrera singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth against Jordan Zimmermann, and Yonder Alonso homered and helped turn a heads-up double-play as the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 Saturday night. Zimmermann (7-2) was trying...

The Sports Xchange Padres take advantage of Zimmermann's mistakes SAN DIEGO -- Everth Cabrera was looking for a fastball. Jordan Zimmermann threw him a cutter. "It was more like a slider, a baby cutter," Cabrera said. "But he missed his spot. And I put...

1B Adam LaRoche extended his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games, homering twice in Friday's victory. He has hit 10 career home runs at Petco Park, the most of any opposing player. He also is the only visiting player to record three multi-homer games...

After homering three times in his first 36 games, the Washington Nationals' Adam LaRoche has launched four in the last three games. The streaky first baseman carries a 14-game hitting streak into Saturday’s matchup with the host San Diego Padres, who...

MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Catcher Yasmani Grandal's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's policy prohibiting performance-enhancing drugs ends May 28. Grandal will be allowed to start playing for Triple-A...

MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals went through a tumultuous stretch of injuries in 2012 that they somehow emerged from without too much damage. Those problems are starting again this season. Jayson Werth has already...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Stephen Strasburg hadn't pitched too badly after winning his first start. Still, he wound up losing five straight decisions, thanks mainly to little offensive support, before...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals' injury ledger balanced at the end of play Thursday. Two players took positive strides in their recoveries, but two others went down with new injuries....

LHP Matt Moore (7-0) had trouble getting ahead of hitters but little trouble getting them out in a 5-3 win over Boston. He is tied with the major league victories lead with Washington's Jordan Zimmermann (7-1). He tied a club record by winning his...

MLB Team Report - Tampa Bay Rays - INSIDE PITCH Left-hander Matt Moore keeps talking about how his success is a team effort. But he didn't get to be an American League best 7-0 by being lucky and standing on the mound on the right day. Moore always...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Bryce Harper brings the kind of intensity that few players have nowadays. That's a good thing. But it also can be dangerous. He sat out Tuesday's loss to the Dodgers, and manager...