It was a sweep for the Washington Nationals, who had Stephen Strasburg named Pitcher of the Month and Daniel Murphy named Player of the Month for July.
Washington Nationals’ right-hander Stephen Strasburg and Nats’ second baseman Daniel Murphy swept the National League’s monthly awards.
Strasburg was named the NL Pitcher of the Month today and Murphy was named the NL Player of the Month for the month of July.
In five July outings , Strasburg, 28, was (4-1), suffering his first loss of the season in 19 starts to that point and posting a 2.08 ERA with 12 walks (3.