New York Mets defeat the Washington Nationals to complete the sweep

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Sunday night.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 6-5 in 12 innings.  Matt Harvey started for the Mets and he pitched ok, the bullpen was good.  Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and Adrian Gonzalez had four RBI to lead the offense. 

Harvey pitched five innings giving up nine hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Robert Gsellman pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and a strikeout, AJ Ramos pitched 2/3 of an inning with a walk and Jerry Blevins pitched to one batter and retired him.  Seth Lugo won his first game of the season pitching three innings giving up a hit and three walks and three strikeouts.  Jacob Rhame pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and earned his first save of the season. 

Tanner Roark pitched five innings giving up five hits and five runs with four walks and nine strikeouts.  Shawn Kelley pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Matt Grace pitched an inning with a strikeout and Ryan Madson pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Sean Doolittle pitched an inning with two strikeouts, Sammy Solis pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out five and Brandon Kintzler pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and he took his second loss of the season.  

Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and an RBI and Jay Bruce had a hit and drew a walk.  Todd Frazier had a hit and drew two walks, Cabrera had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Gonzalez had a hit and four RBI.  Harvey had a hit, Juan Lagares had a hit and Bruce and Conforto each hit a double.  Gonzalez and Cabrera each hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Frazier had a stolen base and Harvey, d’Arnaud and Lugo each committed an error.  Blevins had a pickoff. 

Anthony Rendon had two hits and drew a walk, Bryce Harper had three hits, two RBI and drew two walks and Matt Adams had a hit and drew a walk.  Howie Kendrick had two hits and drew a walk, Trea Turner had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Michael Taylor had two hits and an RBI.  Pedro Severino had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Wilmer Difo had a hit and Adams, Severino and Difo each hit a double.  Harper hit a homerun and the Nationals were 4-17 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base.  Turner, Goodwin each had a stolen base and Rendon was caught stealing and picked off. 

In the first Harper hit a two-run homerun to give the Nationals a 2-0 lead.  In the third Gonzalez hit a grand slam to give the Mets a 4-2 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Severino hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 4-3.  In the fifth Cabrera hit a solo homerun to push the Mets lead to 5-3.  In the bottom of the fifth Turner hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-4.  In the seventh Taylor hit an RBI single to tie the game at five.  In the 12^th Cespedes hit an RBI single to make it 6-5 Mets and that would be the final score. 

The Mets swept the three game series and will now head to Miami on Monday night to begin a series there.