The New York Mets lose 7-2 to the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets lose 7-2 to the Washington Nationals


The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets on Thursday afternoon. The final score was 7-2 and the game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Aaron Harang started for the Mets and pitched pretty well, the bullpen wasn’t great. Eric Young Jr. and Anthony Recker each had two hits.

Harang pitched six innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and ten strikeouts. Harang lost his 12th game of the season. Pedro Feliciano gave up a hit and a run, Scott Atchison pitched an inning striking out one and Frank Francisco pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs. David Aardsma pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and Sean Henn pitched to one batter and retired the batter.

Young Jr. had two hits and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit. Mike Baxter had a hit, Recker had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Harang had a hit. Murphy hit a double and the Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Young had a stolen base.

Tanner Roark won his sixth game of the season pitching six innings giving up six hits. He gave up two runs and a walk with three strikeouts. Craig Stammen pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Xavier Cedeno pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Mattheus pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out the sides.

Denard Span had a hit and drew a walk, Ryan Zimmerman had two hits and two RBI and Bryce Harper had a hit. Ian Desmond had an RBI, Adam LaRoche had two hits and an RBI and Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI. Anthony Rendon had a hit and two RBI. LaRoche, Span and Zimmerman each hit a double. Zimmerman, LaRoche, Ramos and Rendon each hit a homerun. The Nationals were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Harper had an outfield assist.

The game was tied at one after one and then the Nationals took a 2-1 lead after two innings. The Mets tied the game at two in the fourth and the Nationals took a 3-2 lead in the fifth. They scored four runs in the last three innings to pull away and win the game 7-2.

The Mets record fell to 64-81 and the Nationals record improved to 77-69.