Sunday, May 20, 2012

Orioles nationals 2012

  • WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg hit his first major league home run and struck out eight in five innings to carry the Washington Nationals past the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Sunday.
  • (US News and World Report)
  • Matching their longest winning streak of 2012 has the Baltimore Orioles atop the AL at their latest point in a season in 15 years. Baltimores streak is in for a major test as Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg gets his first taste of the Beltway Series.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Its not very often that the Orioles and Nationals meet with each team contending in their respective divisions.
  • (FOX News)
  • "[The Nationals] strung together a lot of good at-bats. It wasnt anything we were doing," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "They did some really good things there with a good batting order.
  • (Baltimore Sun)
  • They had demanded a curtain call, following his surprising home run, the first of his career, in a 9-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on a windy Sunday afternoon. One would expect a smile, even a grin, after such an important moment.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Nationals RH Stephen Strasburg (3-1 He is 9-5 in his career, but 3-4 at home, including 1-1 with two no-decisions in 2012. Strasburg has never faced Baltimore. 1. The Orioles are 13-1 when Adam Jones homers.
  • (Chicago Tribune)
  • The Orioles decision to sign Taiwanese hurler Wei-Yin Chen out of Japan this past offseason registered as the exact opposite on the excitement scale to when the Nationals grabbed off his first loss of 2012.
  • (FOX News)
  • (The Nationals) strung together a lot of good at-bats. It wasnt anything we were doing, said Orioles manager Buck Showalter. They did some really good things there with a good batting order.
  • (Ledger-Enquirer)

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