Stephen Strasburg

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• Magic numbers: 54, 8.2, 7, 5, 2

  : Major-league starts for Stephen Strasburg , who Thursday reached the personal milestone of pitching eight innings for the first time in his overly protected career. Strasburg has made it through seven innings 10 times, including three this season. Slowly   Read more »

• Hefner, Laffey serve up disastrous loss for Mets

  ERA jumps from 3.96 to 5.56. With anyone but Harvey on the mound Friday night, is there any doubt those four runs against Stephen Strasburg would have been wasted?Look what happened Saturday. The Mets pestered Gio Gonzalez for five runs in the fourth inning   Read more »

• Matt Harvey outduels Stephen Strasburg; Ike Davis, Lucas Duda each hit 2 homers

  predicted, with the Mets ' Matt Harvey dueling the Washington Nationals ' Stephen Strasburg on the Citi Field mound Friday night, stuff happened.For 5 innings, that had to do with the term ballplayers apply to pitchers' most difficult-to-hit material -- moving   Read more »

• Matt Harvey takes command, shrugs off pressure and Stephen Strasburg

  Harvey had it all stacked high on his plate Friday night at Citi Field .The loaded Nationals in town, Stephen Strasburg opposing him, and for those requiring some historical perspective, Dwight Gooden sitting in the front row. Harvey 's reaction? What else   Read more »

• Matt Harvey won't be fazed by prospect of facing Stephen Strasburg

  to give him a feel for what he might expect at Citi Field tonight when he goes head-to-head against the Nationals and Stephen Strasburg ."Obviously, I'm still new to all this stuff," Harvey said. "It's an exciting time. I'm looking forward to it. I know the   Read more »

Around the web

• To Watch This Weekend: Ace Kendrick, Stephen Strasburg, Home Alone 2 (En Espanol)

  The weather in Philly and/or the Jersey shore may put a bit of a damper on your Memorial Day Weekend plans. So here are some things on your television you can watch if you’re not tuned into Franzke and L.A. via MLB At Bat on your phone while chilling on th   from 700 Level Read more »

• Aspiring Jays: The MLB Draft

  of the franchise before 2005, their highest picks have been Ryan Zimmerman (4th overall), Ross Detwiler (6th overall), Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper (both 1st overall) to boost their team's chances immensely. Not only is there anecdotal "proof" that having   from Bluebird Banter Read more »

• Sutton never shy about voicing his opinion

  Poof, you're gone," Sutton said. The Nationals didn't ask him, but Sutton wouldn't have approved of the way they limited Stephen Strasburg's innings last season as that club was driving toward a pennant. "I wouldn't have liked it if I had been Strasburg. I   from MLB.com Read more »

• Series Preview- Gnats

  Match-Ups: Friday, 7:05 - KK vs. Jordan Zimmermann Saturday, 7:15 - Petite Bone vs. Dan Haren Sunday, 1:35 - C'mon Hamels vs. Stephen Strasburg Gnats Bats: R - 159 (28th) AVG - .225 (29th) OPS - .653 (29th) For as much flack as the Phils get for their offense,   from We Should Be GMs Read more »

• Jim Williams: John Smoltz confident Stephen Strasburg will turn his season around

  O. Watson/Getty Images Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg has a 2.66 ERA this year but only two wins in 10 starts. In 1991, a young Atlanta Braves pitching sensation by the name of John Smoltz was 2-11 nearing the All Star break, and like with the Nationals'   from Washington Examiner  Read more »