The Washington Nationals obtained pitcher Scott Olsen and outfielder Josh Willingham from the Florida Marlins in a five-player trade on Tuesday, the Major League Baseball clubs announced.

The Marlins, who posted a surprising 84-77 record this past season, received second baseman Emilio Bonifacio, minor-league pitcher PJ Dean and minor-league second baseman Jake Smolinski.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2008 (AFP) - Washington Nationals outfielder Wily Mo Pena had surgery on Tuesday to repair a small tear and fraying of the labrum in his left rotator cuff, the Major League Baseball team said.

The procedure was performed in Cincinnati, and Pena will be in a

sling for three weeks before beginning a rehabilitation programme.

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - What had been the second-longest active streak of consecutive Major League Baseball games played was halted here Sunday when Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman did not take the field.

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2008 (AFP) - Ryan Zimmerman hit a solo walk-off home run Sunday as the Washington Nationals celebrated the opening of their new Nationals Park with a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Zimmerman lined a 1-2 pitch from Braves righthander Peter Moylan into the first row of the Red Porch section in left-center field.

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2008 (AFP) - Washington Nationals outfielder Wily Mo Pena has suffered a left oblique strain and the Dominican star could be sidelined for a month, the Major League Baseball club announced Friday.

WASHINGTON, March 7, 2008 (AFP) - One US citizen was killed and another wounded in the Palestinian attack that killed eight teenagers at a Jewish school in Jerusalem, the State Department said Friday.