Monday, September 25, 2017

New York Mets lose in extra innings to the Washington Nationals


The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Saturday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-3 in ten innings.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and only pitched an inning coming back from injury.  Matt Harvey came in relief of him and wasn’t great but wasn’t terrible.  Nori Aoki had two hits to lead the offense. 

Syndergaard pitched an inning giving up a hit, Harvey pitched four innings giving up four hits and three runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  Josh Smoker pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a couple of strikeouts, Chasen Bradford pitched an inning giving up a hit and Jerry Blevins pitched 1/3 of an inning with a walk.  Jamie Callahan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Jacob Rhame pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks and he lost his first game of the season.  Kevin McGowan pitched to two batters and retired them both. 

Stephen Strasburg pitched five innings giving up seven hits and three runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Matt Albers pitched a perfect inning, Brandon Kintzler pitched an inning giving up a hit and Ryan Madson pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts.  Sammy Solis pitched an inning with a couple of strikeouts and Sean Doolitle saved his 23rd game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

Aoki had two hits, Jose Reyes had a hit and Asdrubal Cabrera drew two walks.  Brandon Nimmo had a hit and an RBI, Kevin Plawecki had a hit and two RBI and Dominic Smith had a hit.  Amed Rosario had a hit, Phillip Evans had a hit, Reyes and Nimmo each hit a double and the Mets were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Trea Turner had a hit, Jayson Werth had a hit and Daniel Murphy had two hits and an RBI.  Anthony Rendon drew three walks, Adam Lind had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Howie Kendrick had a hit.  Michael Taylor had a hit and drew a walk, Andrew Stevenson drew a walk and Matt Wieters had a hit and an RBI.  Wilmer Difo had a hit, Murphy and Turner each hit a double and Lind, Wieters and Murphy each hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base. 

In the third Nimmo hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Plawecki hit a two-run single to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the fourth Lind hit a two-run homerun to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the fifth Wieters hit a solo homerun to tie the game a three.  In the tenth Murphy hit a solo homerun to give the Nationals a 4-3 lead and that would be the final score.   

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