Bionic arm: Washington starter Stephen Strasburg fires a pitch against Pittsburgh in the third inning on Thursday night. Strasburg struck out 13 at the Nationals beat the Pirates 4-2. APThe Washington Nationals' manager called a brief meeting to give his mildly slumping club a confidence boost and Strasburg responded with another brilliant performance to lift the Nationals to a 4-2 victory over the Pirates on Thursday."That's a good night to have a team meeting, isn't it?" Johnson said with a laugh.Strasburg (3-0) struck out a season-high 13 as Washington snapped a three-game losing streak."When the stuff's working like tonight, you've got to go out there and just throw it, and it doesn't really matter what you throw," Strasburg said.The performance was reminiscent of Strasburg's electric major league debut against the Pirates nearly two years ago. The former No. 1 pick struck out 14 over seven innings on June 8, 2010, to announce to the baseball world the hype was real.An elbow injury cut short his rookie season and required reconstructive surgery that sidelined Strasburg for a year, and the Nationals have been careful about bringing their ace along slowly.Maybe it's time to take the shackles off."He thinks he's not throwing hard but the ball's coming out of his hand real quick, and he's also got a good changeup and a good curveball," Johnson said. "I mean, he's nasty."Strasburg (3-0) lowered his ERA to 1.64 by overpowering one of baseball's weaker lineups.Strasburg cooled in the later innings, but he made a believer of Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle."That's a good arm with a kid with a head to work with it," Hurdle said. "The progress he's made in a very short period of time at this level is something."AMERICAN LEAGUEIndians 8, Red Sox 3In Boston, embattled starter Josh Beckett did nothing to help restore his reputation by getting booed off the field at Fenway Park in the third inning.Derek Lowe (5-1) pitched six effective innings against his former team, allowing two runs and nine hits.Yankees 5, Rays 3In New York, CC Sabathia outpitched David Price for the first time in six career matchups between the All-Star lefties.The Yankees overcame a pair of early errors by third baseman Eduardo Nunez to take the series and send Tampa Bay to its fourth loss in five games.Orioles 6, Rangers 5 (1st)Rangers 7, Orioles 3 (2nd)In Baltimore, Josh Hamilton hit his 15th homer, Derek Holland pitched six innings of four-hit ball and Texas beat the Orioles for a doubleheader split.In the opener, Baltimore set an AL record by hitting home runs in their first three at-bats and launched five in all against Colby Lewis (3-2), who struck out a career-high 12. That made him the first pitcher since 1918 to give up five home runs and have at least 10 strikeouts in the same game.Orioles starter Chen Wei-yin (3-0) gave up two runs in 7? innings.Blue Jays 6, Twins 2In Minneapolis, Henderson Alvarez pitched seven strong innings to win his third straight start.Tigers 10, Athletics 6In Oakland, Miguel Cabrera broke out of a slump with two RBI hits in Detroit's eight-run third inning.Cabrera, who came into the game hitless in his previous 14 at-bats, finished with four hits, including an RBI double and a run-scoring single in the third.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Strasburg fans 13 in Nats win
PITTSBURGH — Maybe Davey Johnson should hold all his team meetings when Stephen Strasburg is pitching.Bionic arm: Washington starter Stephen Strasburg fires a pitch against Pittsburgh in the third inning on Thursday night. Strasburg struck out 13 at the Nationals beat the Pirates 4-2. APThe Washington Nationals' manager called a brief meeting to give his mildly slumping club a confidence boost and Strasburg responded with another brilliant performance to lift the Nationals to a 4-2 victory over the Pirates on Thursday."That's a good night to have a team meeting, isn't it?" Johnson said with a laugh.Strasburg (3-0) struck out a season-high 13 as Washington snapped a three-game losing streak."When the stuff's working like tonight, you've got to go out there and just throw it, and it doesn't really matter what you throw," Strasburg said.The performance was reminiscent of Strasburg's electric major league debut against the Pirates nearly two years ago. The former No. 1 pick struck out 14 over seven innings on June 8, 2010, to announce to the baseball world the hype was real.An elbow injury cut short his rookie season and required reconstructive surgery that sidelined Strasburg for a year, and the Nationals have been careful about bringing their ace along slowly.Maybe it's time to take the shackles off."He thinks he's not throwing hard but the ball's coming out of his hand real quick, and he's also got a good changeup and a good curveball," Johnson said. "I mean, he's nasty."Strasburg (3-0) lowered his ERA to 1.64 by overpowering one of baseball's weaker lineups.Strasburg cooled in the later innings, but he made a believer of Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle."That's a good arm with a kid with a head to work with it," Hurdle said. "The progress he's made in a very short period of time at this level is something."AMERICAN LEAGUEIndians 8, Red Sox 3In Boston, embattled starter Josh Beckett did nothing to help restore his reputation by getting booed off the field at Fenway Park in the third inning.Derek Lowe (5-1) pitched six effective innings against his former team, allowing two runs and nine hits.Yankees 5, Rays 3In New York, CC Sabathia outpitched David Price for the first time in six career matchups between the All-Star lefties.The Yankees overcame a pair of early errors by third baseman Eduardo Nunez to take the series and send Tampa Bay to its fourth loss in five games.Orioles 6, Rangers 5 (1st)Rangers 7, Orioles 3 (2nd)In Baltimore, Josh Hamilton hit his 15th homer, Derek Holland pitched six innings of four-hit ball and Texas beat the Orioles for a doubleheader split.In the opener, Baltimore set an AL record by hitting home runs in their first three at-bats and launched five in all against Colby Lewis (3-2), who struck out a career-high 12. That made him the first pitcher since 1918 to give up five home runs and have at least 10 strikeouts in the same game.Orioles starter Chen Wei-yin (3-0) gave up two runs in 7? innings.Blue Jays 6, Twins 2In Minneapolis, Henderson Alvarez pitched seven strong innings to win his third straight start.Tigers 10, Athletics 6In Oakland, Miguel Cabrera broke out of a slump with two RBI hits in Detroit's eight-run third inning.Cabrera, who came into the game hitless in his previous 14 at-bats, finished with four hits, including an RBI double and a run-scoring single in the third.
Bionic arm: Washington starter Stephen Strasburg fires a pitch against Pittsburgh in the third inning on Thursday night. Strasburg struck out 13 at the Nationals beat the Pirates 4-2. APThe Washington Nationals' manager called a brief meeting to give his mildly slumping club a confidence boost and Strasburg responded with another brilliant performance to lift the Nationals to a 4-2 victory over the Pirates on Thursday."That's a good night to have a team meeting, isn't it?" Johnson said with a laugh.Strasburg (3-0) struck out a season-high 13 as Washington snapped a three-game losing streak."When the stuff's working like tonight, you've got to go out there and just throw it, and it doesn't really matter what you throw," Strasburg said.The performance was reminiscent of Strasburg's electric major league debut against the Pirates nearly two years ago. The former No. 1 pick struck out 14 over seven innings on June 8, 2010, to announce to the baseball world the hype was real.An elbow injury cut short his rookie season and required reconstructive surgery that sidelined Strasburg for a year, and the Nationals have been careful about bringing their ace along slowly.Maybe it's time to take the shackles off."He thinks he's not throwing hard but the ball's coming out of his hand real quick, and he's also got a good changeup and a good curveball," Johnson said. "I mean, he's nasty."Strasburg (3-0) lowered his ERA to 1.64 by overpowering one of baseball's weaker lineups.Strasburg cooled in the later innings, but he made a believer of Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle."That's a good arm with a kid with a head to work with it," Hurdle said. "The progress he's made in a very short period of time at this level is something."AMERICAN LEAGUEIndians 8, Red Sox 3In Boston, embattled starter Josh Beckett did nothing to help restore his reputation by getting booed off the field at Fenway Park in the third inning.Derek Lowe (5-1) pitched six effective innings against his former team, allowing two runs and nine hits.Yankees 5, Rays 3In New York, CC Sabathia outpitched David Price for the first time in six career matchups between the All-Star lefties.The Yankees overcame a pair of early errors by third baseman Eduardo Nunez to take the series and send Tampa Bay to its fourth loss in five games.Orioles 6, Rangers 5 (1st)Rangers 7, Orioles 3 (2nd)In Baltimore, Josh Hamilton hit his 15th homer, Derek Holland pitched six innings of four-hit ball and Texas beat the Orioles for a doubleheader split.In the opener, Baltimore set an AL record by hitting home runs in their first three at-bats and launched five in all against Colby Lewis (3-2), who struck out a career-high 12. That made him the first pitcher since 1918 to give up five home runs and have at least 10 strikeouts in the same game.Orioles starter Chen Wei-yin (3-0) gave up two runs in 7? innings.Blue Jays 6, Twins 2In Minneapolis, Henderson Alvarez pitched seven strong innings to win his third straight start.Tigers 10, Athletics 6In Oakland, Miguel Cabrera broke out of a slump with two RBI hits in Detroit's eight-run third inning.Cabrera, who came into the game hitless in his previous 14 at-bats, finished with four hits, including an RBI double and a run-scoring single in the third.
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