Saturday, May 2, 2015

The New York Mets shutout the Washington Nationals behidn Matt Harvey



The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-0.  Matt Harvey started and pitched very well and Juan Lagares and Daniel Murphy led the team with a couple of hits each. 

Harvey pitched seven innings giving up five hits and no runs.  He walked one and struck out three.  Harvey won his fifth game of the season, Alex Torres pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Jeurys Familia pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out two and saving his tenth game of the season. 

Max Scherzer pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Scherzer lost his third game of the season.  Matt Thornton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout and Blake Treinen pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk, Lagares had two hits and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Micahel Cuddyer had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Murphy had two hits and three RBI, Kevin Plawecki had a hit and Granderson and Murphy each hit a double and Cuddyer hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Flores committed an error. 

Michael Taylor had two hits, Bryce Harper drew a walk and Bryce Harper drew a walk.  Ryan Zimmerman had a hit,  Wilson Ramos had two hits and Dan Uggla had a hit.  Taylor and Zimmerman each hit a double adn the Nationals were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Harper was caught stealing and Harper had an Outfield assist. 

In the fourth Cuddyer hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the eighth Murphy hit a three run double to make it 4-0 and that was the final score. 

The two teams will play on Saturday afternoon. 

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