Some of the notes from 23-year-old lefty DJ Herz’s efficient, 84-pitch, six-scoreless-inning, 13-strikeout, 0-walk outing against the Miami Marlins on Saturday afternoon in Nationals Park?
Via the Nationals’ post game notes:
- His 13 punchouts are the most by a Nationals’ pitcher this season and the most since Max Scherzer struck out 14 on May 8, 2021 at New York (AL).
- They are also the second-most by a rookie pitcher and most by a left-handed rookie in MLB this season (New York-AL’s Luis Gil - 14).
- Herz’s strikeouts are the second-most by a rookie pitcher in Nationals’ history behind only Stephen Strasburg’s 14 on June 8, 2010 vs.