New York Mets are slugged by the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Friday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 7-2.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched ok.  Jay Bruce and Jose Reyes each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Matz pitched seven innings giving up eight hits and four runs.  He walked none and struck out four and took his first loss of the season.  Paul Sewald pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Fernando Salas pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout and Neil Ramirez pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up a walk. 

Max Scherzer pitched eight innings giving up four hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out ten and won his eighth game of the season.  Sean Kelley pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run. 

Michael Conforto drew a walk, Bruce had two hits and an RBI and Lucas Duda drew a walk.  Reyes had two hits and an RBI, Matz had a hit and Reyes and Bruce each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Cespedes committed two errors. 

Trea Turner had a hit, Ryan Raburn had a hit and Bryce Harper had three hits and an RBI.  Ryan Zimmerman had a hit and an RBI, Daniel Murphy had a hit and drew two walks and Anthony Rendon had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk.  Matt Wieters had a hit and an RBI, Michael Taylor had two hits and an RBI and Adam Lind drew a walk.  Turner, Murphy and Harper each hit a double and Wieters, Taylor and Rendon each hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Taylor had a stolen base. 

In the third Wieters hit a solo homerun to give the Nats a 1-0 lead.  Taylor hit a solo homerun and it was 2-0.  In the sixth Rendon hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 4-0 Nationals.  In the eighth Reyes hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1.  In the ninth Harper hit an RBI single and Zimmerman hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-1 Nationals.  Rendon drew an RBI walk to make it 7-1 and in the bottom of the ninth Bruce hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 7-2 and that would be the final score.