Despite taking a comebacker off his pitching hand, Drew Storen pitched a scoreless 10th inning Friday against the Padres for his first save.

Aided by a Ryan Zimmerman throwing error, Rafael Soriano took a blown save in the ninth. Storen got his chance in the 10th after a Chad Tracy homer and got the job done, though not before allowing a couple of singles. The first of those was a hard shot up the middle that deflected off his pitching hand. Storen, though, remained in after a couple of warmups. His ERA sits at 4.41 currently, and he's no threat to Soriano's job as is.

Drew Storen blew a save in Friday's extra-inning loss to the Braves.

Rafael Soriano was unavailable after appearing in three straight games, so Nationals manager Davey Johnson called on Storen to get a four-out save. While he was able to get Dan Uggla to fly out with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning, he gave up three hits and a walk in the ninth. The Braves tied the game when Ryan Zimmerman fielded a chopper and made a wild throw to second base and eventually won in 10 innings. While it led to a crushing loss for the Nationals, Soriano should be ready for a potential save chance on Saturday.

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