Last time out on the mound against Miami, Stephen Strasburg held the Marlins scoreless in eight innings, giving up just two hits, and striking out 14 of 25 batters faced, retiring 22 in a row to end his outing in a 7-0 win for Washington in Nationals Park.
“He was really good,” manager Davey Martinez said after the game. “Him and [Kurt] Suzuki both executed their plan really well tonight and he just pounded the strike zone. Got ahead of hitters and worked all his pitches and like I said they executed their plan really, really well.