Stephen Strasburg’s fastball hit 96-98 mph on the admittedly-not-always-accurate radar gun in West Palm Beach, Florida’s Ballpark of the Palm Beaches early in this afternoon’s outing against the Detroit Tigers.
Coming off a less-than-stellar start against the St. Louis Cardinals last week which saw him give up seven hits and six runs, all earned, in two innings of work, the Nats’ 28-year-old right-hander took the mound today against the Detroit Tigers and gave up three hits and two runs, both earned (one on a blast of a homer by J.D. Martinez), striking out five batters in a four-inning, 56-pitch outing in what ended up a 3-3 tie.