The 21 year old Stephen Strasberg was electrifying in his Major League debut. He struck out 14 batters, the most in a debut appearance since J.R. Richards in 1971. Although he gave up a 2 run homer to Delwyn Young, the Nationals gave Strasberg enough run support to beat Pittsburgh 5-2 and give Strasberg his first MLB victory.
In Cincinatti, Matt Cain held the Reds scoreless over 9 innings bringing his era down to .211 . Buster Posey was 1 for 3 scoring a run off of a rare molina rbi single. Posey was replaced late in the game at first base by Travis Ishikawa. Andres Torres continued to hit belting a double; however the game winning rbi was provided early by Short Stop Juan Uribe's solo Homerun off of the Reds' Sam Lecure who was charged with the loss and one earned run.
Tonight Aubrey Huff found himself in RF with Andres Torres in Center. Pat Burrell started in Left and would later be lifted for a pinch runner in Nate Shierholz. This was a rare night when Freddy Sanchez found himself hitless on a night when the entire starting lineup got hits including the Panda, who went 2 for 4.
Congratulations Matt Cain AND Stephen Srasberg.
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