Stephen Strasburg failed to pitch out of the fourth inning Saturday afternoon, and the Washington Nationals’ six-game winning streak came crashing to an end with an 8-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Cole Hamels allowed only one run over eight stellar innings, limiting the Nationals to a handful of infield singles and a lone RBI double by Ian Desmond. Philadelphia’s offense, meanwhile, had its way with Strasburg, whose ERA ballooned to 6.50, third-worst in the major leagues.
THE RUNDOWN:Strasburg cruised through the first inning and pitched around a rare error by Ryan Zimmerman in the second, but his outing began to fall apart in the third.