Ryan Ludwick can't find an obvious flaw in the St. 

May 1, 2009 (Baltimore Sun delivered byNewstex) --The Triple-A Norfolk Tides continue their series against the Scranton/Wilkes-BarreYankees, while the Double-A Bowie Baysox open a seven-game homestand. 

TheWashingtonNationals issued 11 walks Thursday night. 

Ryan Zimmerman is the first to admit he has been anything but red-hot at the plate during the longest hitting streak inWashingtonNationals history. 

WASHINGTON - How wild was Thursday's action at Nationals Park? 

The Nationals avoided a sweep with an 8-1 win over the Mets on Sunday, but they have continued to struggle with the same issues that led them to 13 losses in their first 16 games this season. 

--RHP Daniel Cabrera recorded his first quality start of the season Thursday night, but few would call the right-hander's performance quality. 

How bad have things gotten for the Nationals? It's to the point where even the seemingly simple act of throwing the ball over the plate has become an arduous task. 

ThePhillies had every reason to believe they'd come back. 

While his team has dropped a major-league worst 16 games this season, Washington Nationals rookie Jordan Zimmermann has yet to lose. 

With the go-ahead run on base after Washington's 10th walk of the night, Rick Ankiel was hoping to get something hittable up and over the plate. 

The amount of tinkering theWashingtonNationals have had to do to get to this point - to earn a road victory that required nothing more than a simple, clean effort - is almost unfathomable. 

ATLANTA - In three pristine nights at less-than-half-filled Turner Field, theCardinals had two shortstops and one extra-base hit drop. 

IT STARTED like so many times before: a three-run deficit in the eighth inning, then a walk, a lineout, a fielder's choice, another walk, and then that familiar sound of anticipation as Matt Stairs walked to the plate representing the tying run. 

The Nationals avoided a sweep with an 8-1 win over the Mets on Sunday, but they have continued to struggle with the same issues that led them to 13 losses in their first 16 games this season.