ATLANTA -- Each time an inning ended with another zero on the board, Stephen Strasburg hopped off the mound and jogged back to the dugout with a bounce in his step. After a brief 11-minute rain delay, a pitchers' duel began Friday night at SunTrust Park, as Strasburg traded scoreless innings with Braves right-hander Mike Foltynewicz.
Until Strasburg finally yielded in the seventh, when the Braves scored four runs, punctuated by a three-run homer from Dansby Swanson to lead Atlanta to a 4-0 victory. Foltynewicz never let up, tossing his first career shutout, a two-hit gem to give the Braves victories in the first two games of this four-game set.