First pitch came before noon Saturday at Nationals Park, a rare morning game on the Fourth of July, but the Washington Nationals didn’t seem to mind. Michael A. Taylor and Bryce Harper homered in the first inning, Tyler Moore drove in four runs and Washington cruised past the San Francisco Giants, 9-3.
The lone cause for concern came in the fourth inning, when starter Stephen Strasburg trudged off the mound with an apparent injury. He grimaced after throwing the 56th pitch of his third start since returning from the disabled list. We’ll know more about the nature and severity of the injury later this afternoon.