Steven Stras­burg (left, 11-4) has allowed 2.76 earned runs per game and leads the Nation­al league with 151 strike­outs; Gio Gon­za­lez (right, 14-4, 3.13) leads the team in wins. Their start­ing rota­tion that has kept the Nats in almost every game from the begin­ning. Pitch­ing isn’t every­thing; but it’s near­ly everything.