Strasburg's line pretty much tells it all: 7.0 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks, and 14 strikeouts. Yeah, that's right, 14 strikeouts. 2/3 of his outs in the game were via the strikeout. 0 walks- how incredible is that! 14 strikeouts and 0 walks. That's an infinity K/BB! 14/0! Not to mention that his K/9 after that 1 start is now a ridiculous 18.0. A couple more stats: Strasburg started off with a strike to 16 of 24 batters and had a very good 5-2 ground-ball ratio. Wait a second- only 7 combined ground balls and fly balls in a 7 inning start! Well, when you strike out 14, you can do that. His only mistake was a changeup right over the plate to Delwyn Young which resulted in a 2-run homer. Strasburg got the win with help from homers by Ryan Zimmerman, Adam Dunn, and Josh Willingham. The final score of the game was 5-2.
Just present Strasburg with the NL Rookie of the Year award right now. I'm impressed. I might even have to admit that I was wrong about Strasburg in my recent post about him (Nats prospect Stephen Strasburg makes his MLB debut). He'll be the NL ROY- you can book that.
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