Strasburg improved to 12-0 with seven strong innings, allowing a run on two hits. He struck out nine and walked three, and didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning. That gave him a hitless streak of 10 2/3 innings, after he was removed with 6 2/3 no-hit innings in his previous start. Strasburg became the first National League starter to begin a season 12-0 since Rube Marquard set the MLB record in 1912, when he started 19-0. Current teammate Max Scherzer -- then with the Tigers -- is the only other starter to open a year 12-0 in the past 30 seasons in either league; he went 13-0 in 2013.
Strasburg the first NL starter to open 12-0 since 1912
