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Nationals 3-1 over Braves: Stephen Strasburg tosses five scoreless in return from DL

5. He's back!!!: Stephen Strasburg went on the 15-Day DL with "neck tightness" on May 30th, after a string off less-than-impressive outings by the 26-year-old, '09 no.1 overall pick. The plan, as Nationals' GM Mike Rizzo explained it at the time, was to give the right-hander time to rest up from an assortment of injuries which all seemed to start when he rolled his ankle in Spring Training. With his mechanics out of whack as he compensated for the injury, Strasburg was dealing with variety of back issues.

"Tonight is not going to be thinking about 'Where is my foot landing?