Dusty Baker has funny quote about Stephen Strasburg illness

Dusty Baker had some funny comments about Stephen Strasburg pitching through an illness on Thursday.

Strasburg was scratched from his scheduled start on Wednesday with the flu. He was able to make the start Thursday against the Atlanta Braves, but it wasn’t easy, apparently.

Nationals manager Dusty Baker touched on how tough it was for Strasburg to suit up for the game.

Dusty said it was touch-and-go whether Strasburg would start today. "He was on guts. That was a gutsy performance."

— Dan Kolko (@masnKolko) April 14, 2016

Dusty on Strasburg: "He looked like he was close to needing mouth-to-mouth. I wasn't gonna give it to him."

— Dan Kolko (@masnKolko) April 14, 2016

Strasburg went 7.2 innings allowing four hits, two runs and two walks with seven strikeouts. He got the win to improve to 2-0 with a 1.98 ERA this season. And he did it all without even requiring mouth-to-mouth! Not too bad for a guy who was said to be so sick prior to the game.