Strasburg's scoreless streak ends at 35 innings on bungled catch
When Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg came off the disabled list for an Aug. 19 start, he allowed two runs in the bottom of the first inning. He hadn't allowed another until Sunday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It was a heartbreaking end that was avoidable. With two outs in the top of the second inning, Dodgers second baseman Logan Forsythe drilled a deep fly ball to the center-field wall.
Nothing like a little #SundaySausage to get the #Dodgers on the board and snap Stephen Strasburg's scoreless inning streak. pic.twitter.com/mqfQdToG5p
— CautiouslyOptimistic (@CautiouslyPod) September 18, 2017
The ball bounced out of Michael Taylor's glove, easily scoring Yasiel Puig from third. No error was charged, and it was scored as an earned run, giving the Dodgers an early 1-0 lead.
As the team points out, Strasburg's scoreless streak of 35 innings was the longest in baseball this season while also setting a new franchise record in the process.
Strasburg struck out opposing pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu on four pitches immediately after.