Strasburg fans 14 in blistering debut

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- Making his Major League debut after 11 sensational Minor League starts, Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg pitched seven innings of two-run ball against the Pirates on Tuesday, earning the win and striking out 14 in the Nats' 5-2 victory. Delwyn Young's two-run home run with two outs in the fourth was the only damage against Strasburg.

Strasburg fans 14 in blistering debut....

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McCutchen, A, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .306
Walker, N, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .320
Milledge, LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .246
Jones, G, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .256
Young, De, RF 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 .241
LaRoche, An, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .244
Cedeno, SS 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 .242
Jaramillo, J, C 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .182
Karstens, P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .182
Meek, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Church, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200
Lopez, Ja, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 2 5 2 0 17 6 .236
a-Struck out for Meek in the 8th.
BATTING
HR: Young, De (3, 4th inning off Strasburg, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Walker, N; Milledge; Young, De 4; LaRoche, An; Cedeno.
RBI: Young, De 2 (13).
2-out RBI: Young, De 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McCutchen, A.
GIDP: Jones, G.
Team RISP: 1-for-3.
Team LOB: 2.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cedeno (6, 2nd base off Clippard/Rodriguez, I).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Milledge (Willingham at home).
DP: 2 (Milledge-Jaramillo, J, Walker, N-Jones, G).

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Guzman, C, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .311
Morgan, CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .258
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 .316
Dunn, A, 1B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .280
1-Kennedy, A, PR-1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Willingham, LF 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .278
Rodriguez, I, C 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .331
Bernadina, RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250
Desmond, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273
Strasburg, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Harris, W, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .180
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 5 11 4 1 1 10 .261
a-Struck out for Strasburg in the 7th.
1-Ran for Dunn, A in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Rodriguez, I (10, Karstens), Guzman, C (10, Karstens).
HR: Zimmerman, R (12, 1st inning off Karstens, 0 on, 2 out), Dunn, A (11, 6th inning off Karstens, 1 on, 0 out), Willingham (11, 6th inning off Karstens, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Guzman, C 2; Morgan; Zimmerman, R 6; Dunn, A 6; Willingham 4; Rodriguez, I 3.
RBI: Zimmerman, R (33), Dunn, A 2 (30), Willingham (38).
2-out RBI: Zimmerman, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Desmond; Morgan; Bernadina.
GIDP: Rodriguez, I.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
DP: (Desmond-Guzman, C-Dunn, A).

Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Karstens(L, 1-2) 5.0 9 4 4 0 0 3 4.81
Meek 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.78
Lopez, Ja 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1.96
Totals 8.0 11 5 5 1 1 3 5.26
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Strasburg(W, 1-0) 7.0 4 2 2 0 14 1 2.57
Clippard(H, 13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.62
Capps(S, 19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.49
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 0 17 1 4.13
Karstens pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

Pitches-strikes: Karstens 72-52, Meek 22-18, Lopez, Ja 10-6, Strasburg 94-65, Clippard 16-11, Capps 10-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Karstens 10-2, Meek 4-1, Lopez, Ja 3-0, Strasburg 5-1, Clippard 0-1, Capps 2-0.
Batters faced: Karstens 23, Meek 6, Lopez, Ja 5, Strasburg 24, Clippard 4, Capps 3.
Umpires: HP: Tom Hallion. 1B: Ron Kulpa. 2B: Lance Barksdale. 3B: Ed Rapuano.
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, L to R.
T: 2:19.
Att: 40,315