New York Mets defeat the Washington Nationals to end losing streak

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Friday night.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. and the final score was 7-5.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched pretty well.  Travis d’Arnaud led the offense with two hits and five RBI.  Three other players also had two hits. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and 12 strikeouts.  deGrom won his first game of the season.  Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Addison Reed pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout and Jeurys Familia pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up three hits and he struck out one.  Josh Edgin earned his first save of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning and retiring both batters that he faced. 

Max Scherzer lost his second game of the season pitching six innings and giving up nine hits and five runs.  He walked one and struck out seven.  Oliver Perez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Jacob Turner pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with one of them being earned.  He walked two batters and Enny Romero pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

Michael Conforto had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and Jay Bruce had a hit.  Neil Walker drew a walk, Jose Reyes had two hits and drew a walk and T.J. Rivera had two hits and drew a walk.  d’Arnaud had two hits, five RBI and drew a walk, deGrom had a hit and Kevin Plawecki had a hit and an RBI.  Bruce, T.J. Rivera and Reyes each hit a double, d’Arnaud hit two homeruns and the Mets were 2-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Cabrera had two stolen bases, T.J. Rivera and Reyes each had a stolen base. 

Adam Eaton had two hits, Trea Turner had two hits and Bryce Harper had a hit.  Ryan Zimmerman had two hits and three RBI, Daniel Murphy had two hits and Anthony Rendon had a hit and drew a walk.  Matt Wieters had two hits and two RBI, Adam Lind had a hit and Zimmerman hit two homeruns and Wieters hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Zimmerman committed two errors. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.