Tuesday, March 19, 2019

New York Mets fall just short of the Washington Nationals


The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Monday.  The game took place at First Data Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida and the final score was 6-5.  Jeurys Familia started and pitched a good inning.  Brandon Nimmo led the offense with two hits. 

Familia pitched one inning with two strikeouts, Kyle Dowdy pitched three innings giving up three hits and two walks with two strikeouts and Luis Avilan pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with three strikeouts.  Tim Peterson pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up four hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout, Daniel Zamora pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and Zach Lee pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Nimmo had two hits, Rajai Davis had a hit and Robinson Cano had a hit.  Peter Alonso had a hit, Michael Conforto had a hit and two RBI and Dominic Smith had a hit and an RBI.  Tomas Nido drew a walk, Devin Mesoraco had a hit and Luis Guillorme drew a walk.  Adeiny Hechavarria had an RBI and Will Toffey had a hit.  Mesoraco hit a double, Conforto hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.   Toffey was caught stealing and Nimmo had an outfield assist. 

In the first Conforto hit a two-run homerun giving the Mets a 2-0 lead.  In the fifth Wilmer Difo hit an RBI triple to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the seventh Spencer Kieboom hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the seventh Hechavarria hit a sac fly to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth Tres Barrera hit an RBI single, Armond Upshaw hit an RBI single and Kieboom hit a two-run single giving the Nationals a 6-3 lead.  In the eighth Smith reached on a fielding error to cut the lead to 6-5 but that would be the final score. 

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