
Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg impresses in third rehab start
Stephen Strasburg passed what might be his last test on the road to returning to the Washington Nationals.

Stephen Strasburg passed what might be his last test on the road to returning to the Washington Nationals.

The FredNats got six strong innings of starting work from Andry Lara but fell 3-0 Friday at Segra Stadium vs. the Fayetteville Woodpeckers. Allan Berrios had a single and a double.

Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo is trying to do something that is probably not going to work out with his effort to retool rather than strip down and completely rebuild.

The Fredericksburg Nationals responded to being shutout for the first time this season with a resounding 13-9 win at Segra Stadium Tuesday. TJ White provided most of the punch in a seven-run fifth with a towering grand slam to right center.

Jeremy De La Rosa had a pair of hits and Bryan Caceres pitched five solid innings, but the FredNats gave up six runs combined in the 6th and 7th innings to fall 9-0 in the series opener at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville, N.C.

Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg pitched five no-hit innings and faced one over the minimum in his second rehab start on Sunday in front of a capacity crowd in Fredericksburg.

After falling behind 5-0 after one half inning in game one of the doubleheader, the FredNats came all the way back and beat Salem 7-6 on a walk-off single by Andry Arias in the bottom of the 7th inning.

A $1.4 million grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will allow Waynesboro Schools to add six electric buses to its fleet.

After scoring just three runs combined in the first two games of the series, the FredNats exploded for 12 runs and 16 hits in a 12-1 win over Salem on Thirsty Thursday at Virginia Credit Union Stadium.

Stephen Strasburg lacked command in his rehab start in Fredericksburg Tuesday night, but more concerning for the Washington Nationals front office has to be that he lacked velocity.
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