Sunday, March 31, 2019

New York Mets defeat the Washington Nationals on Opening Day


The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 2-0.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched great.  Robinson Cano led the offense with two hits and two RBI. 

deGrom pitched six innings giving up five hits and no runs with a walk and ten strikeouts.  deGrom earned his first win of the season.  Seth Lugo pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts, Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning and Edwin Diaz earned his first save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Max Scherzer lost his first game of the season pitching 7 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and 12 strikeouts.  Justin Miller pitched to one batter and gave up a hit, Matt Grace pitched to one batter and gave up a hit and Kyle Barraclough pitched an inning giving up a hit. 

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Peter Alonso had a hit and Cano had two hits and two RBI.  Wilson Ramos had a hit, Jeff McNeil drew a walk and Amed Rosario had a hit.  Dominic Smith drew a walk, Cano hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Rosario was caught stealing. 

Adam Eaton had a hit, Trea Turner had two hits and Juan Soto drew a walk.  Yan Gomes had a hit, Victor Robles had a hit and Robles hit a double and the Nationals were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Turner had three stolen bases. 

In the first Cano hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead, in the eighth Cano hit an RBI single to push the Mets lead to 2-0 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets and Nationals will play game two of their three game series on Saturday afternoon. 


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