After a relatively rough month of June in which he was (4-1) in five starts but had a 5.70 ERA, seven walks, 26 Ks, and a .267/.318/.492 line against in 30 innings, 30-year-old right-hander Stephen Strasburg ended the first half strong with 7 1⁄3 scoreless innings on the mound in a 3-1 win over the Miami Marlins in the nation’s capital last weekend.
Strasburg gave up just two hits and two walks in that appearance, striking out 14 of 27 hitters in a 110-pitch, 80-strike outing against the Fish.
That start left Washington’s ‘09 No.