Last week against the Phillies, Stephen Strasburg accomplished something rarely seen in baseball: with one pitch, he hit the batter, catcher and umpire.
Strasburg just hit everyone with 1 pitch pic.twitter.com/J5rWLUcgVd
— Danny (@recordsANDradio)
September 13, 2018 Tuesday night against the Marlins, Strasburg did it again.
Stephen Strasburg just hit the batter, catcher, and umpire. With the same pitch. For the second straight start. Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/rbR21wwvlD
— Rudy Gersten (@DCBarno)
September 18, 2018 Back-to-back starts now in which Stephen Strasburg has thrown a single pitch that has, in sequence, hit the hitter, the catcher and the home plate umpire.
— Dan Kolko (@masnKolko)
September 18, 2018 In a Nats' season full of weirdness, this is certainly one of the odder oddities. And aside from these crazy HBPs, Strasburg has pitched great in his last two starts, giving up just three earned runs and striking out 20 over 13 total innings.
There may not be too many reasons to watch the Nats close out this disappointing season, but it might be worth it to tune in to Stasburg's next start to see if he can plunk the home plate trio a third time. He has two more scheduled starts this season, including the regular season finale at Colorado.
