Without Strasburg, Nats will use Jackson against Cards' Carpenter for Game 3

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 | 8:21 p.m. CDT; updated 7:49 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, October 10, 2012

WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg joined his teammates for an off-day workout at Nationals Park on Tuesday, red socks pulled nearly up to his knees while tossing baseballs in the outfield a day before the first postseason game in the nation's capital in 79 years.

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