Not much to this one — John Lannan wasn't as good as he was last Sunday in Baltimore, giving up three runs in five innings while lacking the hair-splitting command he had against the Orioles. He made a few mistakes — a homer against Corey Hart and a balk in the fifth inning chief among them — but the Nationals' offense didn't help matters.

"That's why the balk and that mistake [against Hart] comes up," manager Manny Acta said. "The way we're swinging the bat, it puts a little bit of pressure on these guys. You've got to try to shut down the opposition to as low a score as you can."

Little bit of a weird scene after the game — Ryan Zimmerman was answering questions about whether he had sustained nerve damage in his left shoulder when he slid into second after a double last Sunday against the Orioles. But the third baseman said his shoulder is fine, just a little sore.

"They checked it out and said nothing's wrong with it." Zimmerman said. "If it was hurt too much, I wouldn't play, because I don't want to do that to the team."

We're back here tomorrow at 1:35 p.m. for the third of four games in this weekend "wraparound" series. Tim Redding faces Manny Parra.