Stephen Strasburg held the St. Louis Cardinals to a run on six hits in 6 2⁄3 IP, striking out nine of the 27 batters he faced in what ended up a 2-1 win for the Washington Nationals, who avoided a sweep by taking the finale of the four-game set in the nation’s capital.
Strasburg’s 8th K of the night was the 1,500th of his MLB career, making the ‘09 No. 1 overall pick the fastest starter to reach that mark (in terms of innings pitched) in Major League history.