National League East News

After losing to Stephen Strasburg on Thursday night and then blowing an extra-inning game Friday night, the San Diego Padres righted themselves rather nicely against the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals .

The New York Mets are headed for another lost season of baseball. Currently, the Mets are in fourth place in the NL East, where they've finished each of the last four seasons and are likely to remain.

The New York Mets will give first baseman Ike Davis a chance to break out of his slump over the weekend against the Chicago Cubs .

San Francisco's sudden free fall continued with Saturday night's 10-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in Atlanta again on Sunday to take on the Braves in the final game of a three-game set.

Roy Halladay is on the disabled list . And after serving a 25-game suspension, all-star catcher Carlos Ruiz has two RBIs in 50 at-bats. The big offseason acquisition in the outfield, Ben Revere , has been relegated to a defensive replacement lately because of a .263 slugging percentage, and the big acquisition in the bullpen, Mike Adams , has been ... (more)

Days after losing Jonny Venters to Tommy John surgery, the Braves found out that Eric O'Flaherty, above, would be destined for the same procedure.

Washington Nationals' GM Mike Rizzo said yesterday that if the injury to Ross Detwiler's lower back/oblique area wasn't too bad the team would probably find a replacement for his next start from their major league roster rather than the minor leagues.

The Nationals aren't doing themselves any favors. In his last seven starts, ace pitcher Stephen Strasburg has allowed 21 runs.

However, through the first quarter of the season, those thoughts can be thrown out the window, as only one of those five teams has met expectations.

A few days ago, Mike Francesa spouted one of his typical diatribes of the New York Mets on WFAN.

Domonic Brown drove in the tiebreaking run on an infield grounder in the eighth and the Phillies snapped the Cincinnati Reds' six-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory on Friday night.

The most famous No. 1 in Mets' history has some advice when it comes to the man who is quickly becoming the most infamous No.

MAY 13: Justin Upton #8 and his brother BJ Upton #2 of the Atlanta Braves wait for their turn in the batting cage during pregame against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on May 13, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona.

On May 17, manager Fredi Gonzalez and the Atlanta Braves will finally have the entire lineup available for Friday night's game with the Los Angeles Dodgers .

Following a doubleheader sweep of the Colorado Rockies on April 23, the Atlanta Braves led the National League East by five games over the Washington Nationals .

Two days before he would make a triumphant return from the disabled list with 5 1/3 innings of one-run baseball in a victory over the Washington Nationals , Zack Greinke stood on the field at Dodger Stadium laughing and smiling in conversation with Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner .

The Dodgers entered the most recent home stand after getting swept courtesy of their bitter rivals, the San Francisco Giants.

Moreno's super-expensive baby may be a super-disappointing 15-25, but he's not about to flip out.

Most staffs have mixed results from replacements for healing starters, but the Philadelphia Phillies with Jonathan Pettibone have been fortunate so far.