The Red Sox could be excused for looking confused against Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg on Friday. For one, Strasburg has come into his own this season as one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball, racking up 92 strikeouts with a 1.04 WHIP in just 71 innings thus far. Also, the Red Sox had never faced Strasburg and his arsenal of hard stuff before. But the same could not be said about Gio Gonzalez, who the Red Sox faced five times prior and slugged .526 against during his career in Oakland before an offseason trade to...
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Daisuke Matsuzaka,
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TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals
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