Relive Gio Gonzalez's 21 wins from 2012
Relive Gio Gonzalez's 21 wins from 2012
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Gio's first win over the Astros on April 17, 2012.Gio throws seven shutout innings with eight strikeouts and no earned runs in his first win of the season.Credit:
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Gio beats the Padres in San Diego for his second win on April 24.Gio goes six shutout innings on 91 pitches with six strikeouts to beat San Diego and move to 2-0.Credit:
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With a win over the Phillies, Gio moves to 3-1 on May 5.Going seven innings with just one walk to seven strikeouts, Gonzalez leads the Nats to a 7-1 victory over the Phillies.Credit:
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Gio moves to 4-1 with a road win over the Reds on May 11.Gonzalez strikes out nine batters in five innings taking the Nats to a 7-3 win over Cincinnati.Credit:
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Gio moves to 5-1 with a May 16 win over the Pirates.Gonzalez goes seven strong innings with a season high 10 strikeouts for his third straight win.Credit:
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Gio wins a fourth straight to start to move to 5-1.In a pitchers duel against the Phillies on May 21, Gonzalez delivers nine strikeouts to just three walks as the Nats win 2-1.Credit:
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Gonzalez moves to 7-1 with his seventh straight win on May 27.Gio throws the Nats to a 7-2 victory over the Braves, matching his season high 10 strikeouts.Credit:
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Gio beats the Red Sox at Fenway on June 9.Gonzalez goes 6.1 innings and gives the Nats a 4-2 win over the BoSox.Credit:
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Gio moves to 9-3 by beating the Tampa Bay Rays at Nats Park.Gio goes six innings, giving up two earned runs, in a 5-2 Nats victory on June 21.Credit:
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Gio reaches double digit wins in Colorado on June 26.In a typical high-scoring Coors Field game, Gonzalez nets his 10th win of the season, besting the Rockies 12-5.Credit:
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Gio gets the win vs. Braves on July 1.Gonzalez earned his 11th win of the season despite allowing four runs to Atlanta in five innings of work.Credit:
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Gio beats the Rockies on July 7.Gonzalez held Colorado to just one run on three hits at Nationals Park and had three strikeouts.Credit:
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Gonzalez beats the Mets in New York on July 24.After taking losses in consecutive starts, Gio rebounded at Citi Field with a two-hit, zero-earned run performance.Credit:
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Gio, Nats slip past Houston on Aug. 8.The Nationals scored just enough runs, four, to give Gio a 4-3 win in Houston. Gonzalez pitched his first complete game and hit his first career home run, a two-run shot.Credit:
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Nats blow out Giants on Aug. 13.The Nationals were in the middle of a sweep of the eventual champion San Francisco Giants when Gio pitched 6 2/3 innings in a 14-2 win.Credit:
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Gio shuts out St. Louis on Aug. 31.Gonzalez turned in perhaps the best start of his memorable season with a complete game shutout of the St. Louis Cardinals.Credit:
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Gio holds Cubs scoreless through seven on Sept. 5.Coming off a shutout, Gio continued his scoreless streak through seven innings and allowed just three hits with nine strikeouts against the Cubs.Credit:
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Gio beats the Mets on Sept. 10.Gonzalez allowed just one run off a homer by Nats-killer Scott Hairston. The victory gave Gio his 19th win of the year.Credit:
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Gio gets number 20 on Sept. 22.After pitching two straight games on the road, Gio returned to Nats Park to throw seven scoreless innings against Milwaukee. Here he is saluting the crowd after falling down on the mound in the seventh inning.Credit:
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Gio wins at Philly to close out the regular season.Gonzalez earned his 21st win of the season on Sept. 27 after allowing three earned runs in six innings to the Phillies. The Nats won their 95th game of the season as Gio's next start would be in St. Louis for Game One of the NLDS.Credit:
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