New York Mets lose a slugfest to the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Sunday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 12-9.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  The Mets bullpen wasn’t very good either.  Jeff McNeil, Peter Alonso and Michael Conforto each had two hits to lead the Mets offense. 

Wheeler pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up four hits and seven runs with seven walks and two strikeouts.  Wheeler took his first loss of the season.  Tim Peterson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with five walks and two strikeouts, Luis Avilan pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a strikeout and Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Seth Lugo pitched an inning with three strikeouts. 

Max Scherzer pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with no walks and seven strikeouts.  Scherzer won his first game of the season.  Matt Grace pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout, Trevor Rosenthal pitched to one batter and walked him and Wander Suero pitched an inning with two strikeouts.  Joe Ross pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs with a walk and Sean Doolittle pitched to two batters and retired them both.  He had a strikeout. 

McNeil had two hits and an RBI, Alonso had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Conforto had two hits and three RBI.  Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI, J.D. Davis had a hit and Luis Guillorme had a hit and drew a walk.  Amed Rosario had a hit, Brandon Nimmo had a hit and an RBI and Conforto, Alonso and Nimmo each hit a double.  Conforto and Alonso each hit a homerun and the Mets were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Ramos committed an error. 

Adam Eaton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Howie Kendrick had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Anthony Rendon had a hit, three RBI and drew two walks.  Juan Soto drew two walks, Ryan Zimmerman had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Kurt Suzuki had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Wilmer Difo drew two walks, Scherzer had a hit and an RBI and Victor Robles had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Eaton hit a double and Rendon hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Robles had a stolen base and Eaton committed an error. 

In the second Scherzer hit an RBI single to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  Robles hit an RBI single, Eaton hit a two-run double and Kendrick hit a sac fly pushing the lead to 5-0.  In the second Ramos hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fifth Suzuki had an RBI walk and a wild pitch made it a 7-1 game.  In the sixth Zimmerman had an RBI walk, Suzuki hit an RBI single and it was 9-1 Nationals.  In the seventh Rendon hit a three-run homerun extending the lead to 12-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Nimmo hit an RBI double, McNeil hit an RBI single and Alonso hit a three-run homerun to cut the lead to 12-6.  In the ninth Conforto hit a three-run homerun cutting the lead to 12-9 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets will have the day off on Monday and being a brief two-game series with the Minnesota Twins at home on Tuesday night. 

New York Mets fail to sweep the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 6-5.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch great.  Peter Alonso, Robinson Cano, Michael Conforto and Keon Broxton each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Wheeler pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Robert Gsellman pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout, Luis Avilan pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tim Peterson pitched to one batter and got him out.  Justin Wilson took his first loss of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.   

Patrick Corbin started for the Nationals and pitched six innings giving up seven hits and two runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Justin Miller pitched an inning with two strikeouts, Tony Sipp pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and Trevor Rosenthal pitched giving up a hit and a run without recording an out.  Sean Doolittle earned his first win of the season after blowing his first save of the season.  He pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and he struck out two. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, Alonso had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Cano had two hits.  J.D. Davis had a hit, Conforto had two hits and Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI.  Broxton had two hits and drew a walk, Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI and Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI.  Alonso and Davis each hit a double and the Mets were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Broxton had two stolen bases and Nido committed an error. 

Adam Eaton had three hits, Trea Turner had two hits and four RBI and Anthony Rendon had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Ryan Zimmerman had a hit, Yan Gomes had a hit and Victor Robles had two hits and an RBI.  Gomes hit a double and Robles hit two doubles.  Turner hit two homeruns and the Nationals were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Turner had a stolen base. 

In the third Alonso hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Turner hit a three-run homerun to give the Nationals a 3-1 lead.  In the fifth Rendon hit an RBI single to push the Nationals lead to 4-1.  In the sixth Rosario hit into a double play and a run scored cutting the lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Robles hit an RBI double and it was 5-2 Nationals.  In the eighth Rosario hit an RBI single and it was 5-3.  Ramos hit an RBI single and Lagares hit an RBI single and the game was tied at five.  In the bottom of the ninth Turner hit his second homerun of the game, this a walk-off solo homerun to give the Nationals a 6-5 victory. 

The Mets won two out of three in the series and will now head to Miami to take on the Marlins on Monday night. 

New York Mets defeat the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 11-8.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Jeff McNeil had four hits and Peter Alonso had three hits to lead the Mets offense. 

Syndergaard pitched six innings giving up seven hits and four runs with seven strikeouts.  Justin Wilson earned his first victory of the season pitching a perfect inning, Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts and Seth Lugo pitched an inning giving up a hit and four unearned runs.  He walked two and struck out two.  Edwin Diaz earned his second save of the season pitching to one batter and getting him out. 

Stephen Strasburg pitched six innings giving up seven hits and four runs with two walks and eight strikeouts.  Tony Sipp pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Trevor Rosenthal pitched giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and he took the loss.  Kyle Barraclough pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Matt Grace pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout and Wander Suero pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Alonso had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Michael Conforto had two hits.  Wilson Ramos had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, McNeil had four hits and two RBI and Amed Rosario had a hit and drew a walk.  J.D. Davis had a hit and two RBI, Syndergaard drew a walk and Dominick Smith had a hit and two RBI.  Ramos, and McNeil each hit a double and Alonso hit two doubles.  McNeil hit a triple and the Mets were 7-17 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Cano and Davis each committed an error.  Syndergaard had a pickoff. 

Trea Turner had a hit and drew a walk, Anthony Rendon had two hits and an RBI and Juan Soto had three hits and two RBI.  Ryan Ziimmerman had a hit, three RBI and drew a walk, Kurt Suzuki had an RBI and Andrew Stevenson drew a walk.  Victor Robles had two hits and an RBI, Turner, Soto, Zimmerman and Rendon each hit a double.  Robles hit a homerun and the Nationals were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Soto had a stolen base and Robles was picked off. 

In the first Ramos hit a two-run double to give the Mets a 2-0 lead.  McNeil hit an RBI triple to make it 3-0.  In the bottom of the first Soto hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the second Alonso hit an RBI double to push the Mets lead to 4-1.  In the third Robles hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 4-2.  Soto hit an RBI single making it 4-3.  In the sixth Suzuki hit a sac fly to tie the game at four.  In the eighth Davis hit a two-run single, a balk scored a run and Alonso hit a two-run double to make it 8-4 Mets.  In the  ninth inning McNeil hit an RBI double and Smith hit an RBI single to extend the Mets lead to 11-4.  In the bottom of the ninth Rendon was hit by a pitch and Zimmerman hit a three-run double to cut the lead to 11-8 and that would be the final score. 

New York Mets pound the Boston Red Sox

The New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.  The game took place at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida and the final score was 10-2.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and pitched great and Brandon Nimmo had a couple of hits and RBI, Peter Alonso also had a couple of hits and J.D. Davis had three hits to lead the team. 

Wheeler pitched four innings giving up a hit and he struck out three.  Kyle Dowdy pitched an inning giving up four hits and two runs, Tyler Bashlor pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Jacob Rhame pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two.  Tim Peterson pitched an inning with a couple of strikeouts. 

Nimmo had two hits and two RBI, Keon Broxton had a hit and Braxton Lee had a hit and two RBI.  Alonso had two hits and an RBI, Davis had three hits and Tomas Nido had a hit.   Rymer Liriano had two hits and drew a walk, Luis Guillorme had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Rajai Davis had a hit and two RBI.  Guillorme, Davis and Liriano each hit a double.  Nimmo hit a triple and Alonso hit a homerun.  The Mets were 6-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Davis had an outfield assist.  In the third Nimmo hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Guillorme hit an RBI double, Nimmo an RBI triple and a wild pitch made it 4-0.  In the fifth Blake Swihart hit an RBI single and Andrew Benintendi hit an RBI single to cut the lead in half at 4-2.  In the sixth Alonso hit a solo homerun, a wild pitch and Davis hit a sac fly to make it a 7-2 game.  In the eighth Davis hit an RBI double and Lee hit a two-run single pushing the lead to 10-2 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets record improved to 7-8 on the spring and they will return home to take on the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.