On a DC baseball holiday (a day when Strasburg has a home start), the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros 6-3 giving Strassy his 2nd win of the season. Strasburg pitched 6 innings, gave up 6 hits, struck out 5, and only gave up 2 runs.
This season that 2 runs given up could have been a dagger for the Nats and Strasburg, but the offense stepped up and scored some runs to back him up. Every single starter (including Strasburg) picked up at least 1 hit on the day.
Davy J gave Espinosa the day off and Steve Lombardozzi (The Lombard Yard) had a surprising 4 hit day. Lombo drove in 2 huge runs that put the Nats up and ended up giving Strasburg a W when it looked like he would get a 2nd no decision on the year. Zimmerman also picked up a couple hits and a couple RBIs.
The bullpen gave up one run (Mattheus) but the Nats picked up the W when H-Rod closed the game to pick up his 2nd save of the season.
The Nats are now 8-3 and sit alone atop the NL east. Why do I care after 10 games what place they are in? I don't...but it could be the only time I type that line all season, so I'm gonna use it!
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