Right-hander Stephen Strasburg is scheduled to make perhaps his last start for Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday against Buffalo. Strasburg will throw six innings or 95 pitches, according to Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo. After that start in Syracuse, Strasburg is tentatively scheduled to make his Major League debut against the Pirates at Nationals Park.

Three runs allowed over five-plus innings isn’t usually considered an off-night. But Washington Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg is playing under a different set of rules. Because Strasburg has set the bar so high with his dominant Minor League performances, his outing for the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on Saturday night was a [...]

Syracuse, N.Y. – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees came away with a 3-2 victory over the Syracuse Chiefs, Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, Saturday night at Alliance Bank Stadium. The Yankees (30-19) got on the scoreboard first, taking a 1-0 lead on Rene Rivera’s third-inning homer to right center. The long ball was Rivera’s first in [...]