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Game 8 WPA: Grand Hundo. Nats win 6-2

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Strasburg had a solid outing, Harper has some delightfully typical heroics, and Wilson Ramos continues to be quietly awesome.

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The kid knows how to make the milestones memorable, amirite?
The kid knows how to make the milestones memorable, amirite?
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160414-8 WPA

Via Fangraphs

(What do these graphs mean?)

  • That's Roark in the rearview: Stephen Strasburg (+15.3%) pitches sick (in more ways that one, of course), giving up one run in 7 2/3 IP with 7 Ks and 2 walks.
  • Round numbers: Bryce Harper () is only 1-4, but the one is his 100th home run, a scoreboard-breaking, go-ahead grand slam off the facing of the upper deck in center-right in the 3rd (+37.1%).
  • LASIK for everyone! Wilson Ramos (+6.4%) is 2-3 with a stat-padding solo shot into the seats behind the visiting bullpen in the 4th (+5.4%), a junk-time RBI double with two down in the 6th (+2.1%), and another would-be base stealer thrown out.

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