The right-hander broke his throwing hand chasing an inside fastball after pitching himself toward his first win in seven starts, and the San Francisco Giants returned from a terrible road trip to beat the Washington Nationals, 8-0, on Monday night.

Vogelsong was injured while fouling a ball off his hand in the fifth inning. He grimaced in pain while grabbing the hand — knowing immediately it was serious. He was quickly examined near the batter’s box and left the game.

Vogelsong broke two bones along the right pinkie and dislocated a knuckle the area that the medical staff couldn’t get popped back into place. He was scheduled for surgery Tuesday morning at Stanford and said he likely would have pins inserted to stabilize the hand and help speed the healing process.

“We’re not talking about Tommy John or anything here,” Vogelsong said, his eyes misty. “Basically as fast as we can get it to heal so I can start throwing again.”

Nationals manager Davey Johnson announced after the game that reliever Ryan Mattheus broke his pitching hand punching a locker in frustration Sunday. The right-hander allowed five runs in one inning of Washington’s 13-4 loss to the San Diego Padres, but didn’t tell the team about the injury until just before Monday’s game.

“Last night after the game he came in and was in the locker room and banged his glove against his locker with his hand in it,” Johnson said. “His hand didn’t swell up but when he went out to throw (Monday) his hand swelled up and he couldn’t throw the ball.”

Vogelsong (2-4) snapped a six-start winless stretch with just his second victory of 2013 and first since April 11 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field and seemed back on track.

He walked off to warm ovation as Nick Noonan pinch hit. Vogelsong allowed three hits in five scoreless innings and lowered his ERA from 8.06 to 7.19.

“It’s really a shame because (Monday) was the Vogey that we know, the way he threw all of last year, good stuff,” said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. “It’s a tough one. I feel bad for him. I know he felt really good (Monday). You’ve got to deal with these things. He’ll be back, hopefully, in a couple months.”

Brandon Belt hit a solo home run, matched his career best with four hits and scored three runs as San Francisco pounded a season-high 17 hits. Angel Pagan hit an RBI double and two-run single for San Francisco, also making a great leaping catch against the center-field wall.

Andres Torres had three hits and drove in a run and Marco Scutaro added an RBI single among his two hits.

Vogelsong got the defensive gem from Pagan when the center fielder slammed into the wall on Adam LaRoche’s deep fly in the second.

The 2011 All-Star ended a six-start winless stretch in which he had lost his last two outings and gone 0-3. He was tagged for eight runs — three earned — and six hits in two innings for his shortest outing of the year last Wednesday at Toronto.

“It was awesome,” Belt said. “The special thing about this team is everybody roots for everybody. We were as happy for him as can be, and it’s tough to see him go down like this. But we know he’ll be back, and strong and ready to go.”

Javier Lopez took over for Vogelsong in the top of the sixth and received a little bit more warm up time. Three more relievers finished for the Giants’ sixth shutout. San Francisco snapped a three-game skid after a 1-5 road trip through Toronto and Colorado.

The Giants have until next Tuesday before they need a fifth starter.

Bryce Harper went 0-for-4 in his return to the Nationals’ lineup after last season’s NL Rookie of the Year missed two games with a bruised left knee. He was hurt in a hard collision with the outfield wall a week earlier at Dodger Stadium that also caused him to need 11 stitches on his chin.

Left-hander Zach Duke (0-1) lasted just 3 1/3 innings in a spot start for Ross Detwiler, who is sidelined with back spasms. Duke allowed four runs and seven hits in his first start of the year.

Washington was shut out for the sixth time.

Vogelsong retired the first eight Nationals hitters in order.

“That’s the best I’ve felt in a long time, from a mental aspect, physical aspect, everything felt good,” he said. “It was nice to be able to get out there and have everything I’ve been working on for the last couple weeks kind of fall into place. From that standpoint it’s a good place to start when I come back.”

Scutaro extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a third-inning single. The second baseman fielded Roger Bernadina’s grounder in the fifth but dropped the ball in exchange from glove to hand, for the Giants’ 15th error in their last eight games.

Hansen released a statement on his SonicsArena.com website on Monday afternoon, congratulating Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson on his efforts to keep the Kings in California, while also vowing to keep up his pursuit of getting the NBA back to Seattle.

“Even as we are disappointed with the developments related to our efforts to purchase the Kings, we would just like to reiterate our dedication to bringing the NBA back to Seattle,” Hansen wrote. “We will continue to press forward with our arena plans with the same commitment and effort we have over the last two years, and look forward to working with the City (of Seattle) and (King) County to see the project through the hurdles that remain. Likewise, we plan to continue to work with the league regarding opportunities that may arise to return an NBA franchise to our City.”

Hansen’s statement came less than a week after his attempts to purchase the Kings and move them to Seattle were denied by the NBA Board of Governors in Dallas. The league’s owners voted 22-8 to deny the move of the franchise to Seattle and the Maloof family struck a deal with lead Sacramento investor Vivek Ranadive a day later to sell the Kings and keep them in Sacramento by selling a 65 percent controlling interest at a total franchise valuation of $535 million.

Hansen’s group — that includes Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer — had offered a purchase price based on a $625 million franchise valuation and a relocation fee of $115 million.

“Given what our community went through in 2008, if there is any silver lining in this for Seattle it is seeing Sacramento’s dedicated fan base successfully rally to keep the Kings,” Hansen wrote. “This was never about Seattle fans versus Sacramento fans, and it goes unsaid that there is a mutual respect given the circumstances we have both been through.”

Fans of the league and supporters of Hansen’s efforts believed this was the best opportunity to bring the NBA back. Political and public support was at its peak since the messy departure of the Sonics for Oklahoma City following the 2008 season. Hansen made a point in his statement of thanking the political leaders that have stood behind his arena efforts and his pursuit of the Kings and thanked fans for displaying their desire to see the NBA return.

From the start of the process, Hansen has pledged patience and reiterated that need.

”When we began our efforts in 2011, we went into it knowing that above all else it would take patience,” he wrote.

Koenig, riding for the German team NetApp-Endura team, quickly moved ahead of Janier Acevedo of Colombia with about 400 yards left and completed the 91.4-mile stage from Livermore to Mount Diablo in 3 hours, 54 minutes, 17 seconds.

Acevedo, the Jamis-Hagens Berman rider who won the second stage, finished second in Saturday’s stage that closed with an 11.4-mile climb, seven seconds behind.

“To be truthful, I wish the climb was a little longer,” said Konig, who claimed his fifth career win and first since a 2012 Tour of Britain stage win. “I felt real good. I knew I would have a good race. I haven’t won any big races, so this was very good.”

Van Garderen, the 24-year-old BMC rider from Bozeman, Mont., was 12 seconds back. He took the overall lead with a 10th-place finish in the fifth stage, won the sixth stage and is within a day of his first pro stage race title. The eight-day, 727-mile event concludes Sunday with an 80.7-mile morning road race from San Francisco to Santa Rosa.

Raber, the Aggies’ lone representative, was tied for 15th. He’s trying to finish as the lowest-scoring player not on one of the five teams that will qualify for the NCAA Finals later this month.

The former Blue Devil scored an early birdie on the par-4 second hole, which he balanced with a bogey on the next hole. Nine straight pars then filled Raber’s scorecard before a crucial chip, after his approach shot went past the12th green, landed inches from the cup and helped him save par with a tap-in on No. 12.

He followed that by nearly making a hole-in-one on the par-3, 232-yard 13th hole. Raber drained the 12-foot birdie putt to move back to 1-under.

“He didn’t have much going on the front nine but the key were the 12th and 13th holes,” said UCD coach Cy Williams. “He had a long pitch-and-putt and then almost made a hole-in-one. Those two holes saved his round and (sparked) the rest of his day.”

Raber was scheduled to tee off on the 10th hole to begin Friday’s second round.

UCD track and field

Aggie sprinter Ashley Marshall, winner of the both the 100- and 200-meter dashes at last weekend’s Big West Championships, was named the league’s female track athlete of the year while Drew Wartenburg earned women’s coach of the year honors after leading UCD to the conference title.

Marshall, a sophomore from Moreno Valley, is the second straight Aggie winner for track athlete of the year, as teammate Sarah Sumpter earned the award last season.

Marshall’s accolades came after she raced to record-setting wins in the both the 100 and 200, while running the second leg on UCD’s runner-up 4×100 relay squad. She won the 100 in 11.34 seconds, breaking her own school record as well as the meet record of 11.36 established by Cal Poly’s Tamatha Jackson in 1999. She tied the conference mark set by Sonja Green of UNLV in 1987.

Her winning 23.25 in the 200 also set Aggie, meet and Big West records.

Wartenburg was named the Big West Women’s Coach of the Year for the second straight season. He shared the award in 2012 but earned it for himself this year after UCD dominated the conference championships last weekend by scoring 172.5 points. The Aggies won the meet by 44 points over runner-up UCSB.

UCD will continue its season next weekend when it travels to the NCAA West Regional at the University of Texas.

UCD softball

Aggie sophomore right-handed pitcher Justine Vela and freshman shortstop Christa Castello were rewarded this week for their successful seasons by receiving All-Big West Conference first- and second-team honors, respectively.

Vela has now received first-team recognition in each of her two years at UCD. She led a pitching staff that ended the 2013 campaign with the lowest ERA in the conference, and Vela also paced Big West hurlers with a .177 opposing batting average this season.

The Bakersfield native earned seven shutouts to finish No. 2 in the league and 30th in the nation. In addition to compiling a 15-10 record and a career-low 2.03 ERA, Vela also fanned 175 batters throughout her 172.2 innings in the circle.

Ranked 19th in the league with a .308 batting average in her first season of Division I competition, Castello quickly developed a reputation as one of the most dangerous all-around players in the conference as the season progressed.

Castello, who is from Concord, impressed fans with her fielding skills at shortstop, was sixth in the conference with 15 steals and paced the Aggies in that category, as well as average, total bases (51) and runs (15).

Here’s a look at action leading up to title wind-downs Friday and Saturday …

In a crucial 10-and-under division contest, Surina Beal hit a home run and earned the pitching victory as the Red Hot Tamales topped the Smurfs, 10-5.

Sophie Purves and Lizzy Jones contributed two hits apiece, Jane Rauchway had three stolen bases and Maya Beal and Amara Sedeno each had good plate appearances.

Grace Heringer, Jessie Finkelor, Mia Mark and Shelby Harry were terrific afield for the winners.

Meanwhile, the Smurf standouts included hitters Maya Nunes and Bell Hyder and pitchers Stevie Spencer and Emma Catacutan.

Nunes and Jane Garvin turned in web gems, Caroline Brennan made a putout at second on an outfield assist from Hyder, and Katie Stachowicz swiped home in the second inning.

Killer Pandas 10, Toxic Waste 3 — Winning pitcher Kat Eisele fanned 12 hitters and joined Jordan Zuniga and Halle Gabriel in scoring two runs each.

Grace Hartsough, Maya Zingaro, Eliana Enriquez and Caroline Chilcott also scored runs.

For the Waste, Cate Scheuring doubled and pitched well.

Solid fielding by Zoe Casias, Sarah Griffiths and La’Siya Earnest kept things close and Scheuring and Abby Wilbur were said to be “speedy on the bases.”

Great attitude and team spirit was displayed by Megan Lovell, Olivia Rios, Rachel Boyd, Gabriela Moreno and Anna Lovely.

Red Hot Tamales 11, Pink Crush 8 — Amara Sedeno and Surina Beal led the hit parade and Lizzy Jones, Sophie Purves, Grace Heringer, Sedeno, Jane Rauchway, Mia Mark and Maya Beal played lights-out defense.

Beal picked up the pitching victory.

Killer Pandas 9, Orange Crush 1 — Another 12-strikeout performance was turned in by Kat Eisele as the Pandas provided solid offensive support.

Maya Zingaro scored three times, Halle Gabriel had two hits and Grace Hartsough, Jordan Zuniga, Amelia Myo-Flores and Eliana Enriquez each came home twice.

Toxic Waste 8, Blue Smurfs 5 — Scoring four runs in each of the first and third innings, the Waste followed a double by Cate Scheuring and important singles from La’Siya Earnest, Abby Wilbur, Sarah Griffiths and Rachel Boyd to victory.

Earnest, Grace and Cate Scheuring turned in web gems while Griffiths, Olivia Rios, Zoe Casias, Gaby Moreno, Anna Lovely and Grace Scheuring were quick on the base paths.

Down 8-0, the Blue Smurfs battled back, scoring five times in the final two frames.

Audrey Teresi (2-for-2) led the attack while Stevie Spencer, Bella Hyder, Emma Catacutan and Maya Nunes singled.

Catacutan and Hyder shared the pitching duties and Teresi scored twice. Sophia Fucile, Jane Garvin and Spencer added the other runs.

8U

Green Emeralds 4, Red Fireballs 2 — Erika Wenner cranked a two-run double, Makena Fix’s two-bagger drove in one run and Esha Kajley singled twice for the Gems.

Elizabeth Barger added an RBI single.

Fireball pitcher Analissa Matamoros struck out a handful of hitters while pitching two shutout innings.

Alana Turner’s RBI single broke up the shutout and Dakota Rutherford doubled.

Tessa Mild was strong at second base.

Panda Power 10, Flaming Buffaloes 3 — Hanna Futrell hammered a towering double in the first and Lindsay Taylor and Aly Eisele added doubles of their own, making Anna Harrison the winning pitcher.

Taylor also caught a fly ball and threw to Emma Brayton at first to complete a double play. Rachel Davis had a great stop at center and Shea Kordana was everywhere in center field. Taylor pitched a strong two innings.

Green Emeralds 5, Smurfettes 4 — it was Dakota Banuelos’ walk-off double that provided the margin of victory as Erika Wenner blasted two more doubles and Veronica Roe contributed two singles.

Elizabeth Barger also had a two-base hit.

Alyssa Waterson collected a pair of singles for the Smurfettes and Madison Martin’s two-run double highlighted a three-run second.

Red Fireballs 5, Panda Power 4 — Isabella Lester drove in the winning run in extra innings.

Ada Freese’s two-out double drove in an important run in the third and Annabel Loomis doubled to set up Lester’s heroics.

Tessa Mild was sound at the plate.

14U

In recent competition, the Davis Queens split a doubleheader with the Pocket Team Havoc.

The locals won 11-10 and lost 11-8.

In the win, Sophie Mae Bertain led off the game with a home run, later adding a triple and sparking “a great team effort,” according to coaches.

Queens infielder Rebeca Engelhard corralled two, one-hop smashes in the first inning, Ella Rose started a double play later in the contest and had the game-winning, two-out hit in the last frame. Engelhard also had an unassisted double play for the second straight game.

Bertain went the distance in the circle and struck out seven in the win.

In the setback, Davis fell behind 9-0 after two innings. But the Queens battled back …

Sammie Griffiths, who has consistently hit the dirt to make plays all year, did it again as she tried to keep Davis close.

Abby Sutcliffe and Hannah Herrgesell both hit towering third-inning triples over the Pocket’s left fielder to spark the rally.

Davis’ record improved to 4-5 on the year and it has won three of its last four games.

Note: When we report the results of this weekend’s championship tournament next Friday, it will mark the last of the season’s DYSA pages. The Davis Enterprise tips its cap to Korlyn Gibson for her organization and delivery of game recaps — and thanks to the scorekeepers and coaches who went out of their way to submit those reports.