San Francisco Giants At Washington Nationals: GameThread 87 Of 162.

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Jul 9, 2010, 4:25pm EDT

WASHINGTON - JUNE 08: Stephen Strasburg #37 of the Washington Nationals pitches the first pitch of the game to Andrew McCutchen #22 of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Nationals Park on June 8, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

Next Game

San Francisco Giants
@ Washington Nationals

Friday, Jul 9, 2010, 7:05 PM EDT
Nationals Park

Matt Cain vs Stephen Strasburg

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.

DC Starting Lineup:

NMIMH Nyjer Morgan - CF
Roger "The Flying Two-Spot" Bernadina - RF
THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! - 3B (Word.)
THE BIG STOP THE TRADE TALK - 1B
The Guzzzzzz - SS
TAWH Willie Harris - LF
Adam Kennedy (aka Dunnside Assistance) - 2B
Wil "Blocker" Nieves - C
Stephen Strasburg - SP

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• For A San Francisco Giants Fan's Perspective, Check Out The SB Nation's Giants Site: McCovey Chronicles.

• Today's Starting Pitchers Are Going To Stare At You Now:

Stephen Strasburg

#37 / Pitcher / Washington Nationals

Height: 6-4

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 20, 1988

'09 SDSU Stats - (13-1), 1.32 ERA, 15 GS, 2 CG, 109.0 IP, 59 H, 16 ER, 19 BB (1.57 BB/9), 195 K's (16.1K/9).

AFL Stats - (4-1), 4.26 ERA, 5 GS, 19.0 IP, 15 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 3 HR, 7 BB, 23 K's, 1.16 WHIP.

ST 2010 - (1-0), 2.00 ERA, 3 GS, 9.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 HR, 1 BB, 12 K's.

'10 - (Final Double-A Harrisburg) - (3-1), 5 GS, 22.0 IP, 7 H, 9 R, 4 ER, 6 BB (2.45 BB/9), 27 K's (11.05 K/9), 1.64 ERA, 0.86 WHIP.

'10 - (Final Triple-A Syracuse) - (4-1), 6 GS, 33.1 IP, 18 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 HR, 7 BB (1.89 BB/9), 38 K's (10.26 K/9), 1.08 ERA, 0.75 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (w/DC) - (2-2), 6 GS, 36.2 IP, 2.45 ERA, ERA+ = 169, 1.87 FIP, 10 BB (2.45 BB/9), 53 K's (13.01 K/9), 1.06 WHIP.

vs SFG - N/A

Matt Cain

#18 / Pitcher / San Francisco Giants

Height: 6-3

Weight: 245

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 01, 1984

'09 Stats - (14-8), 33 GS, 217.2 IP, 2.89 ERA, ERA+ = 151, 3.89 FIP, 73 BB (3.02 BB/9), 171 K's (7.07 K/9), 1.18 WHIP.

'10 Stats - (6-7), 17 GS, 114.2 IP, 2.98 ERA, ERA+ = 144, 3.67 FIP, 39 BB (3.06 BB/9), 82 K's (6.44 K/9), 1.16 WHIP.

vs DC - (4-2), 8 GS, 54.0 IP, 42 H, 16 ER, 3 HR's, 14 BB (2.33 BB/9), 45 K's (7.50 K/9), 2.67 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, .222 BAA.

• Nats vs Cain:

Adam Dunn - 3 for 16, .188 AVG.

Cristian Guzman - 6 for 17, .353 AVG, 2 2B.

Willie Harris - 2 for 10, .200 AVG, 1 3B.

Adam Kennedy - 1 for 12, .083 AVG, 1 RBI.

Nyjer Morgan - 2 for 4, .500 AVG.

Wil Nieves - 2 for 3, .667 AVG, 1 2B.

Ivan Rodriguez - 0 for 3, .000 AVG.

Josh Willingham - 1 for 8, .125 AVG, 1 2B.

Ryan Zimmerman - 6 for 18, .333 AVG, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI's.

• LINKS:

• "Nats' Storen will go back to Stanford in the fall" - MLB - Yahoo! Sports - Jeff Passan

"If I have a degree, I feel like I’m playing baseball with house money," he said. "I have nothing to lose. It keeps me from playing baseball for a paycheck."

• "Same youth team produced Strasburg, Leake" - MLB - Yahoo! Sports - Steve Henson

"During a national youth tournament a decade ago in suffocating August heat, hard-throwing 11-year-old Stephen Strasburg melted down. A couple of hits, an error and a wild pitch caused emotions to well up and explode. His catcher, an undersized whippet named Mike Leake, tried unsuccessfully to console the pitcher."

• Mr. Wilbon? Way To Go Nats!!!

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