The New York Mets are doubled up by the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets are doubled up by the Washington Nationals


The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets on Tuesday night. The final score was 6-3 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched ok and bullpen was ok. Justin Turner and Travis d’Arnaud each had two hits.

Gee pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up nine hits and four runs with no walks and five strikeouts. Gee lost his 10th game of the season, Pedro Feliciano faced two batters and retired them both, Vic Black pitched a perfect inning and Frank Francisco pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. Tim Byrdak pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run.

Eric Young Jr. had a hit and drew a walk, Juan Lagares drew a walk and Daniel Murphy had a hit. Lucas Duda had a hit, Turner had two hits and an RBI and Matthew den Dekker had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. d’Arnaud had two hits, Omar Quintanilla had a hit and Murphy and Turner each hit a double. The Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. den Dekker had a stolen base and was caught stealing. Young Jr. was caught stealing.

Jordan Zimmerman pitched five innings giving up eight hits and three runs. He walked one and struck out four. Craig Stammen pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Drew Storen pitched an inning giving up two walks and Tyler Clippard pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Rafael Soriano saved his 40th game pitching an inning and giving up a hit.

Denard Span had a hit, Jayson Werth had three hits and two RBI and Ian Desmond had a hit. Adam LaRoche had two hits and an RBI, Wilton Ramos had a hit and an RBI and Moore had a hit. Scott Hairston had a hit and two RBI, Walters had a hit and Moore and Span each hit a double and Werth hit two doubles. Werth, LaRoche and Hairston each hit a homerun. The Nationals were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Desmond was caught stealing and LaRoche committed two errors.

Werth hit a solo homerun in the first to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead. LaRoche hit a solo homerun in the second to make it a 2-0 game. Werth hit an RBI double in the third to extend the lead to 3-0. In the fourth Turner hit an RBI single. Ramos hit an RBI single in the sixth to make it a 4-1 game. den Dekker hit a two run single in the sixth to cut the lead to 4-3. Hairston hit a two run homerun in the ninth to push the lead to 6-3 and that was the final score.

The Mets record fell to 64-79 and the Nationals record improved to 75-69. The two teams will play game three of four on Wednesday night.