A flood of memories washed over John Lannan as he stood on the mound at Yankee Stadium and listened to the crowd cheer for his favorite team growing up. This was one unforgettable night for the Long Island left-hander. Lannan pitched into the ninth inning in his first career start against the New York Yankees, leading the Washington Nationals to a much-needed 3-2 victory Wednesday. "The night belonged to him," Nationals manager Manny Acta said.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 6/16	NYY	WAS 3 at NYY 5	W: Sabathia L: Villone
Wed 6/17	NYY	WAS 3 at NYY 2	W: Lannan L: Wang
Thu 6/18	NYY	WAS 3 at NYY 0	W: Stammen L: Chamberlain

Box Scores

Nationals (17 - 46) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Yankees (37 - 28) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Guzman, SS 5 1 3 0 0 2. N Johnson, 1B 3 0 1 2 1 3. R Zimmerman, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4. A Dunn, DH 3 1 1 1 1 5. E Dukes, RF 3 0 0 0 1 6. C Patterson, CF 4 0 1 0 0 7. J Bard, C 4 0 0 0 0 8. W Harris, LF 4 1 1 0 0 9. A Hernandez, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 7 3 3		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. J Damon, LF 4 1 2 1 0 2. N Swisher, RF 4 0 0 0 0 3. M Teixeira, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 3. B Gardner, PR 0 0 0 0 0 4. A Rodriguez, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 5. R Cano, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 6. J Posada, C 3 0 0 0 0 7. H Matsui, DH 3 0 0 0 0 8. M Cabrera, CF 3 0 0 0 0 9. R Pena, SS 3 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 4 2 2
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Lannan (W, 4-5) 8.1 4 2 2 1 4 3.38 M MacDougal (S, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 1.17		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* C Wang (L, 0-5) 5.0 6 3 3 2 4 12.65 P Hughes 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 4.89 P Coke 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 3.58 A Aceves 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2.63
* = Season Stat
BATTING 3B: N Johnson (2) HR: A Dunn (18) BASERUNNING SB: C Patterson (1), W Harris (4)		BATTING 2B: J Damon (16) HR: J Damon (14), R Cano (12) BASERUNNING SB: B Gardner 2 (14)

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Player News

Nationals Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg's knee injury is officially a patellar subluxation of the left knee, the Washington Post reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.  (STATS - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Updating a previous report, number-one overall pick Stephen Strasburg will not need surgery on his injured left knee, according to MLBlogs.com. Strasburg injured his knee shagging fly balls on Thursday.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Yankees Johnny Damon (NYY) News: FoxSports.com is reporting that Scott Boras may use Bobby Abreu's two-year, $19 million contract as a baseline for negotiations for Johnny Damon's next deal. Both players will be 36 on opening day, and Damon is coming off an excellent season in which he hit .282 with 24 homers.   (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Johnny Damon (NYY) News: According to Ken Davidoff on Twitter, the Yankees are making Johnny Damon their top free agent priority this offseason.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Shelley Duncan (NYY) News: The Yankees have outrighted first baseman Shelley Duncan from Triple-A.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)