The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals to salvage a game

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-1.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well.  T.J. Rivera had four hits to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched eight innings and gave up three hits and a run which was unearned.  He walked two and struck out six and won his sixth game of the season.  Addison Reed pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Joe Ross pitched six innings giving up nine hits and four runs with two of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out four and lost his third game of the season.  Matt Grace pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts and Jacob Turner pitched an inning with a walk. 

Michael Conforto had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Jay Bruce drew a walk and Lucas Duda had two hits and drew a walk.  Curtis Granderson had a hit and an RBI, T. Rivera had four hits and Travis d’Arnaud had a hit and deGrom had a hit and an RBI.  T. Rivera hit a double and Duda hit a double.  deGrom hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Conforto had a stolen base and Flores committed an error.  d’Arnaud had a passed ball. 

Trea Turner had a hit and drew a walk, Bryce Harper had a hit and drew a walk and Ryan Zimmerman had an RBI.  Daniel Murphy had a hit, Stephen Drew had a hit and Murphy hit a double and the Nationals were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Turner had four stolen bases and Wieters commited an error and Taylor had an outfield assist. 

In the first Zimmerman hit a sac fly to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the third deGrom hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  In the fourth d’Arnaud hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 2-1 lead, Conforto hit an RBI single to push the lead to 3-1.  In the sixth Conforto hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 4-1.  In the seventh Granderson hit an RBI single to make it a 5-1 game and that was the final score.