Why was Nick Johnson trying to steal second? Who knows — but his reaction after being thrown out, shown here, should feel familiar to anyone who’s spent any sizable time watching the Nats this year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Padres 6, Nationals 2: The preview from wire service Stats LLC tells you all you need to know about this series:

The Washington Nationals’ pitching has been far worse than any other NL team, while the San Diego Padres have what has easily been the league’s worst offense.

Yup, this should be an enthralling series, featuring two teams who combined possess only a few more wins than the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Anywho, in last night’s opener, the conventional awfulness was flipped around — all the Nationals offense could muster was a couple of solo homers from Ryan Zimmerman and Cristian Guzman, while the Padres got three RBIs from Mendoza-liner Luis Rodriguez in a 6-2 victory. 21-year-old Alexandria native Mat Latos pitched 5.2 strong innings for San Diego, recording his first career major league win. Nats starter Garrett Mock looked, well, whatever antonym of “strong” you’d like to use, allowing five runs in 5-plus innings and raising his season ERA to 7.48. We didn’t see anything about the Nationals’ terrible fielding in the opening to that wire preview, but this game featured plenty of it: the home team committed four errors, including one from frequent offender Adam Dunn (now with a whopping 12 so far this year), and somehow, two on throws from the pitching mound.

Kastles 22, Sportimes 19: Well, the Kastles are but one step away from fulfilling their coach’s guarantee of a championship, despite a mediocre regular season. Our WTT franchise won the Eastern Conference with this victory over the Sportimes last night, everybody managing to keep their tempers in check this time. The Kastles will play a rubber match with the Springfield Lasers for the title on Sunday night at Kastles Stadium.