Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg enjoyed his longest outing of the spring Saturday against the Astros in Grapefruit League play.
Strasburg, who made his fifth start of the spring, struck out eight batters through 5 1/3 innings. He allowed a home run to Rick Ankiel for his only damage of the night. Strasburg allowed just one run on five hits in 93 pitches and is ready to keep his pitch count up.
"When you get to this point and you start to get to closer to 100 pitches, you're like, 'All right, let's get the season going," Strasburg said. "But that's not the case. I've still got a couple of weeks. I'm just going to keep working and keep grinding."