Washington won their seventh game in the last eight, their 10th in the last 12 and their 14th in the last 18, with a 7-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night in Petco Park. Joe Ross got the win over the team that drafted him in 2011. Ryan Zimmerman (10) and Daniel Murphy (12) homered off Padres' lefty Christian Friedrich and Wilson Ramos and Anthony Rendon drove in runs in the Nationals' second straight in San Diego and their third straight win overall.