Rangers’ DH Choo Shin-soo bats in the first inning on Wednesday. The Korean went 0 for 4. (AFP-Yonhap)
WASHINGTON (AP) ― By the time Stephen Strasburg reached back and threw a 96 mph fastball for a strikeout to end the top of the seventh with his 106th pitch, his usual first-inning struggles seemed long ago ― and his day seemed over.
When the next inning rolled around Wednesday, though, Nationals manager Matt Williams sent Strasburg to the mound to face the top of the Dodgers’ order in what would become a 3-2 victory for Washington, the first time this season the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft pitched into the eighth.
Pittsburgh 4, San Francisco 3
Miami 1, NY Mets 0
Arizona 3, Milwaukee 2
Seattle 6, Oakland 4
Kansas City 8, San Diego 0
Cleveland 4, Minnesota 3
Toronto 10, Philadelphia 0
Boston 4, Cincinnati 3
St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1
Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 3
Detroit 3, Houston 2
Oakland 2, Seattle 0
Chicago White Sox 8, Chicago Cubs 3
Colorado 9, Texas 2
NY Yankees 9, LA Angels 2