WASHINGTON D.C. — Of all the second half games the Giants have played, Saturday’s might have been the one in which you least expected a victory. Matt Cain entered with a 5.53 ERA and just one recent start he could feel good about. Stephen Strasburg came in with a 15-1 record.
But there was Cain, taking a shutout into the sixth and holding every inch of a big lead the Giants built off Strasburg. The longest-tenured Giant earned his second "W" over the Nationals in a week in a 7-1 victory that was as clean a game as the Giants have played since the All-Star break.