(Stephen Strasburg shook off the rust in the early innings in Florida Friday night. Reuters photo via Daylife.)
"When you have a week off, sometimes it takes a little while to get back and rolling into that rhythm. Luckily enough, I hung in there long enough to get it back without too much damage. Willingham came up with a big clutch hit, and all of our pitchers came in and shut them down."
(Stephen Strasburg, via Nationals.com, 7/17/2010)"You're not going to go out there and feel great, feel perfect, every single time. What separates the really good pitchers from the average ones is their ability to figure it out on the fly and make those adjustments without really giving up too many runs."
(Stephen Strasburg, via Washington Post, 7/17/2010)"I thought we had a chance early in the game. He didn't have any command of his fastball the first two innings. But I would say you would have to give him credit."
(Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez, via Miami Herald, 7/17/2010)
Baseball Jesus catches Fish
Nationals 4, Marlins 0: Early "struggles" for Strasburg, but he adjusts and cruises after the 2nd inning.
Strasburg's line: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 7 K. 99 pitches, 63 strikes. 7 groundouts, 3 flyouts. But he didn't hit 100 on the radar gun?
The Miracle of Run Support in the sixth, mostly courtesy of Josh Willingham.
27,037 in attendance for Strasmas 8. Bet you a dollar that beats the combined attendance for the Saturday and Sunday games.
Color the Marlins impressed:
"He's got J.J. [Josh Johnson] type stuff, which is rare in this game. But what's so impressive about him is his mental makeup."
(Dan Uggla, via Miami Herald, 7/17/2010)
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