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Strasburg sets sights on 14-0 on MLB.TV
- Updated: July 21, 2016
Fans of the Washington Nationals can probably still tell you where they were the night of June 8, 2010, when Stephen Strasburg — a tall right-hander who had already been called the “most hyped and closely watched pitching prospect in the history of baseball” by Sports Illustrated — struck out a then-franchise record 14 batters in his Major League debut.
It’s been a roller-coaster ride for Strasburg since that night, with surgeries and pitch-count limits dominating much of the conversation around him for the last several years. But in 2016, with his body back to relatively full health, Strasburg appears to be finally putting all the pieces together. As the season prepares for its stretch run, Washington’s ace remarkably has still not lost a game.
Strasburg’s pursuit of a 14-0 record is just one thing to keep an eye on as part of a nine-game schedule Thursday across the Majors. Elsewhere, a pair of streaking starters collide in St. Louis, and the Yankees aim to continue their fight back into postseason contention in the Bronx.
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Here is a look at what to watch for today in the Majors (all times ET):
Keen on 14: LAD@WSH, 12:05 p.m.
Strasburg is already the first NL pitcher since Hall of Famer Rube Marquard in 1912 to begin a season by winning his first 13 decisions as a starter. Next up on his historic to-do list: Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, who was the last starting pitcher in baseball to race out to a 14-0 start in 1986. If you belong to the camp that feels that that wins don’t accurately tell the whole story, Strasburg also entered Wednesday among the Majors’ top 10 starters in WHIP (0.99), opponents’ batting average (.195) and strikeouts per nine innings (10.83).
So what’s been the key to Strasburg’s improvement? Well to start, Strasburg has tossed 66.4 percent of his pitches for …
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