The New York Mets lose to the Washington Nationals 6-4

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Monday night by the score of 6-4. The game took place in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Collin McHugh started for the Mets and did not pitch very well. David Wright had a hit and Ike Davis had a hit and an RBI to lead the offense. 
McHugh pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs and took the loss. Brandon Lyon pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits, Elvin Ramirez pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with four strikeouts and Scott Rice pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one. Gonzalez Germen pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run and striking out one, Greg Burke pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Robert Carson pitched an inning giving up four hits and a run.

Matt Van Dekker had a hit, Wright had a hit and Davis had a hit and an RBI. Zach Lutz had a hit and an RBI, Juan Lagares had a hit and two RBI and Travis D’Arnaud had a hit. Lutz hit a double and Davis hit a homerun. The Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Hicks committed an error.

Gio Gonzalez picked up the win pitching two hitless innings giving up a walk and striking out three. Ross Ohlendorf pitched three innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and three strikeouts, Nathan Karns pitched two innings giving up a hit and striking out three and Patrick McCoy pitched an inning giving up three hits and three runs with a strikeout. Ryan Mattheus pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

Eury Perez had three hits, Michael Taylor had a hit and Steve Lombardozzi had two hits and two RBI. Will Rhymes had two hits, Tyler Moore had a hit and an RBI and Adrian Sanchez had a hit and an RBI. Destin Hood had a hit and an RBI, Carlos Rivero had a hit and an RBI and Matt Skole had a hit. Skole, Lombardozzi, Rivero and Hood each hit a double. The Nationals were 7-14 with runners in scoring position and they left nine men on base. Perez and Rhymes each had a stolen base, Walters and Lombardozzi each committed an error.

In the third the Nationals took a 3-0 lead. Lombardozzi had an RBI double, Moore had an RBI single and Rivero had an RBI double. In the fourth the Nationals took a 4-0 lead on a Lombardozzi RBI single. The Mets scored a run in the bottom of the fourth on a solo homerun by Davis. The Nationals scored a run in the seventh and the ninth and the Mets scored three in the eighth. Lutz had an RBI double in the eighth and Lagares had a two run single making it 5-4 before the Nationals tacked on a run and held on for the 6-4 win. Each team is now 1-1 in the exhibition season. The Mets play at Miami on Tuesday afternoon and Washington plays at Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon.