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Nationals 3-2 over Phillies for eighth straight: Stephen Strasburg Ks nine in CBP

5. Strasburg in Citizens Bank: Stephen Strasburg returned from the DL with five scoreless innings on the mound against the Atlanta Braves in the nation's capital in which he gave up four hits and a walk while striking out six.

Strasburg threw a total of 94 pitches, 61 of them fastballs which sat between 96-97 mph and went as high as 98.2 mph.

On the year, Washington's 26-year-old right-hander's four-seamer has averaged 95 mph.

"Sometimes you've jut got to take a step back to realize how bad it was, and once I did I was kind of able to get back to what my body was supposed to feel like.