The New York Mets take down the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 6-1 Mets.  Zach Wheeler started and pitched well especially with not having his best control.  The bullpen was good and Daniel Murphy led the offense with three hits. 

Wheeler pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and one run.  He walked four and struck out five to earn his seventh win of the season.  Josh Edgin retired the only batter that he faced, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and Dana Eveland pitched an inning striking out two batters. 

Gio Gonzalez lost his eighth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up six hits and four runs.  He walked two and struck out six.  Drew Storen pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Blake Treinen pitched two innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout.

Juan Lagares had a hit, Murphy had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk and David Wright had a hit and an RBI.  Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI, Travis d'Arnaud had a hit and Chris Young had a hit and drew a walk.  Ruben Tejada had a hit, Wheeler had a hit and an RBI and Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a pinch hit and an RBI.  d'Arnaud hit a double, Murphy hit a triple and the Mets were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Wright had a stolen base and Campbell had an outfield assist. 

Denard Span had a hit, Anthony Rendon had a hit and Jayson Werth had a hit.  Adam LaRoche had two hits and drew two walks, Ian Desmond drew a walk and Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and drew a walk.  Jose Lobaton had two hits, Werth and LaRoche each hit a double and the Nationals were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Werth had an outfield assist. 

In the first Wright hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Wheeler hit an RBI single in the second to increase the lead to 2-0 Mets.  A wild pitch in the second allowed the Nationals to score a run and cut the lead to 2-1.  Murphy hit a two run single in the seventh and Duda hit an RBI single to make it a 5-1 game.  Nieuwenhuis hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it 6-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two on Wednesday night.