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Maya makes season debut for Nats in capper with Padres

May 29, 2011 - 2:37 PM (Sports Network) - Cuban-born righty Yunesky Maya makes his 2011 debut this afternoon when the Washington Nationals host the San Diego Padres in the finale of a three-game series at Nationals Park.

Now 29 years old, Maya reached the majors for the first time with the Nationals in 2010, making five starts and losing three decisions. He pitched a combined 28 innings for Washington, allowing 30 hits and 17 earned runs while walking 11 batters and striking out 12.

The 5-foot-11, 170-pounder climbed the ranks in the minors in 2010, pitching from Class A to Triple-A while going 1-2 with a 3.38 earned run average across 21 1/3 innings in five starts.

Maya, who has never faced the Padres, was 1-4 at Triple-A Syracuse this season through nine starts while allowing 47 hits and striking out 45 batters in 59 1/3 innings.

On Saturday, San Diego's Blake Tekotte had the first two hits of his major league career, belting an RBI triple and adding a double to lead the Padres to a 2-1 victory.

Tim Stauffer (1-3) threw a solid seven innings, picking up the win while giving up only one run on four hits while fanning four hitters and walking four.

Heath Bell nailed down his 11th save of the year.

Chase Headley added two hits and Kyle Phillips chipped in with an RBI single to give San Diego just its third victory in its last 11 games.

Laynce Nix belted his seventh home run of the season and Jerry Hairston Jr. added two hits for Washington, which had its momentum halted from Friday's dramatic ninth inning walk-off win.

Jordan Zimmermann (2-6) threw six strong innings, giving up two runs on five hits while striking out four and walking one to absorb the loss.

For the Padres, righty Dustin Moseley makes his 11th start of the season in search of his second win.

Moseley, though, has gone at least six innings seven times and allowed three runs or less eight times - yet has managed just one win against six losses for the last-place Padres.

San Diego is just 2-8 in games he's pitched.

The 29-year-old got a hard-luck no-decision in his most recent start on May 23 against St. Louis, allowing just a run on five hits in seven innings of the Padres' 2-1 loss.

San Diego has been shut out four times with him on the mound and has scored two runs or less in three other starts.

He has never faced the Nationals.

The Padres and Nationals split six meetings a season ago.