ST. LOUIS -AP- Stephen Strasburg struck out nine including seven of eight in one stretch and the Washington Nationals got home runs from Michael Taylor and Danny Espinosa in a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.Taylor's second leadoff homer of the year ended a 22-inning scoreless drought for the Nationals. Espinosa's first of the season was a two-run shot that capped a four-run fourth against Mike Leake (0-3). 
Strasburg (4-0) gave up two runs on eight hits in seven innings with one walk. He has 29 strikeouts in 22 1/3 innings his last three outings.Jonathan Papelbon earned his eighth save in nine chances for Washington, which is 5-0 in Strasburg's starts.Matt Adams hit a two-run homer off Blake Treinen in the eighth for St. Louis, who are 18-9 against Washington the last five seasons.Leake, who got a five-year, $80 million free agent deal, gave up five runs in seven innings and has a 5.83 ERA.Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth had an RBI apiece in the fourth.
Strasburg (4-0) gave up two runs on eight hits in seven innings with one walk. He has 29 strikeouts in 22 1/3 innings his last three outings.Jonathan Papelbon earned his eighth save in nine chances for Washington, which is 5-0 in Strasburg's starts.Matt Adams hit a two-run homer off Blake Treinen in the eighth for St. Louis, who are 18-9 against Washington the last five seasons.Leake, who got a five-year, $80 million free agent deal, gave up five runs in seven innings and has a 5.83 ERA.Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth had an RBI apiece in the fourth.
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