The Nats scored four runs in the 6th inning while the their pitching staff shut out the Florida Marlins for a 4 to nothing victory. The victory snapped a two game losing skid; the Nats improve to 40-50 and still are in last place of the NL East.
Pitching:
Stephen Strasburg made it work against the Marlins last night by pitching six shut innings while giving up no runs. Strasburg also added 7 strike outs. The bullpen of Drew Storen and Matt Capps pitched a combine 3 innings of no run relief to complete the shut out of the Marlins.
Hitting:
The Nats scored 4 runs on 8 hits. Adam Dunn led the Nats with two hits. Josh Willingham had 3 RBI with a 3 run double in the 6th inning.
Box Score:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_07_16_wasmlb_flomlb_1
Every Nats fan should hold his breath for Strasburg. Let's hope management has the smarts not to pitch him even one more inning this season.
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