Monday, May 19, 2014

The New York Mets lose to the Washington Nationals 6-3



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 6-3.  Zach Wheeler started and pitched ok, the bullpen was pretty good.  David Wright and Juan Centeno each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Wheeler pitched six innings giving up six hits and five runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out five and lost his fourth game of the season.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning walking one and Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched an inning giving up a hit and an unearned run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Jordan Zimmerman won his third game of the season pitching six innings and giving up eight hits and three runs.  He walked two and struck out one.  Drew Storen pitched a perfect inning, Tyler Clippard pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Rafael Soriano saved his 10th game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Daniel Murphy had a hit, Wright had two hits and drew a walk and Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk.  Lucas Duda had a hit, Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI and Centeno had two hits and two RBI.  Duda hit a double and the Mets were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Tejada and Centeno each committed an error and Centeno had a passed ball. 

Denard Span had a hit, Anthony Rendon had a hit and drew three walks and Wilson Ramos had two hits, four RBI and drew a walk.  Ian Desmond had two hits and an RBI, Kevin Frandsen had an RBI and Zimmerman had a hit.  Ramos and Span each hit a double and Desmond hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Rendon had a stolen base and Span had an outfield assist. 

Centeno hit an RBI single in the second to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Desmond hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the second to tie the game at one.  Ramos hit a two run double in the third to give the Nationals a 3-1 lead.  In the fifth Ramos hit a two run single to increase the Nationals lead to 5-1.  Lagares hit an RBI single and Centeno hit an RBI single in the sixth to cut the lead to 5-3.  In the eighth Frandsen hit an RBI groundout to make it a 6-3 game and that was the final score.  The Mets will be off on Monday and then return home to face the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. 

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