Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg led the Washington Nationals with stellar performances in an opening day victory over the Miami Marlins. Harper blasted two home runs in his first two at bats of the season and assisted in a double play started by his rocket throw home from left field. Strasburg, meanwhile, gave up only three hits over seven shut-out innings that included a stretch where he retired nineteen batters in a row.
It's only one game, but if this is any indication of how the Nats are going to play this season, boy oh boy, we are in for a really fun ride.
GO NATS!! GO NUTS!!
On a side note, the Houston Astros, helped by the additions of former Nats players Rick Ankiel and Justin Maxwell, got first time manager and former Nats third base coach Bo Porter, his first ever Major League win by stomping the Texas Rangers 8-2. Maxwell had two triples and Ankiel smashed a three-run homer in the victory. The Astros, whose current payroll stands at a miniscule 18.7 million (there are currently 20 some odd MLB players whose individual salaries are more than the Astros entire payroll), are not expected to do much better than they did last year (55-107), but it's nice that Bo Porter got the victory.
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