Game 1: Nats at Cubs, April 5, 2012

Stephen Strasburg recorded the first HOV-2 of the season.
AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

In their first game of the season, the Nats defeated the Chicago Cubs 2-1 in Chicago to begin the season 1-0.  Tyler Clippard got the win, Carlos Marmol took the loss, and Brad Lidge recorded his first save filling in for the injured Drew Storen.  More importantly, the Nats’ pitching staff began the 2012 season by sending seven Cubs hitters down K Street.

Second Inning: In the bottom of the second inning, Stephen Strasburg introduced the first hitter of the season to K Street when he struck out ex-Nat Marlon Byrd.