Ross struggles, Nats strand 9 in loss

Joe Ross gets Ryan Schimpf swinging to escape a bases-loaded jam in the top of the 2nd inningWASHINGTON -- After scoring a combined one run in their past two games this series, the Padres matched a season high with 14 hits on Sunday to defeat the Nationals, 5-3, for their lone win of the three-game set.

San Diego's offense, which entered the game with the worst batting average in baseball, picked up a bullpen that threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings against the talented Nationals offense, after starter Jhoulys Chacin allowed three runs in 4 1/3 innings. Ryan Schimpf hit his second home run of the series in the first inning, and after Chacin knocked an RBI single the following frame, Chase d'Arnaud…