Before Miami Marlins’ outfielder Lewis Brinson hit a leadoff home run in the first at bat of this afternoon’s Grapefruit League game, Stephen Strasburg had not given one up since last August 19th. That’s a stretch of 67 innings on the mound (47 2⁄3 innings in the regular season, 14 in the NLDS, and 5 1⁄3 this Spring) in which the Washington Nationals’ starter hadn’t had one leave the yard off him.
Strasburg, of course, finished the 2018 regular season with the lowest HR/9 (0.