First pitch out for Ramos, 92 pitches through 7 for Demp. Borderline enough that I wouldn't be surprised if Sveum trots him back out for the 8th, since Strasburg is set to lead off.
It hasn't worked. They did nothing until the inning they scored. And in that inning Baker took several pitches and drew a walk to move Stewart into scoring position. All of their hits have been on fastballs in the zone early in the count, so in that sense it's worked better than the alternative.
He looks like a pitcher for the Nationals. The Cubs have been swinging at early fastballs in the zone to avoid getting behind in the count, and it's actually been working decently. Until this past inning, when Dempster and DeJesus struck out.
Strasburg's pitching strategy to Soriano needs a slight improvement. It appears that Soriano is able to hit fastballs down the middle with regularity today.