Article updated: 5/11/2013 9:24 PM

Cubs' Jackson gets first win, beats Strasburg, Nationals

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Cubs starting pitcher Edwin Jackson, right, gives teammate David DeJesus a high-five Saturday after they scored on a single by Anthony Rizzo during the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals in Washington.

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A day before facing each other as opposing starting pitchers, Edwin Jackson and Stephen Strasburg spent some time chatting as former teammates. "Told him I'd be ready for the gas he's throwing," Jackson recounted. Easy to joke around after the way Jackson finally picked up his first win of 2013 — and first win under the $52 million, four-year contract that took him from the Washington Nationals to the Cubs.