New York Mets fail to sweep the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 6-5.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch great.  Peter Alonso, Robinson Cano, Michael Conforto and Keon Broxton each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Wheeler pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and seven strikeouts.  Robert Gsellman pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout, Luis Avilan pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Tim Peterson pitched to one batter and got him out.  Justin Wilson took his first loss of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.   

Patrick Corbin started for the Nationals and pitched six innings giving up seven hits and two runs with two walks and four strikeouts.  Justin Miller pitched an inning with two strikeouts, Tony Sipp pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and Trevor Rosenthal pitched giving up a hit and a run without recording an out.  Sean Doolittle earned his first win of the season after blowing his first save of the season.  He pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up three hits and he struck out two. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit, Alonso had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Cano had two hits.  J.D. Davis had a hit, Conforto had two hits and Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI.  Broxton had two hits and drew a walk, Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI and Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI.  Alonso and Davis each hit a double and the Mets were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Broxton had two stolen bases and Nido committed an error. 

Adam Eaton had three hits, Trea Turner had two hits and four RBI and Anthony Rendon had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Ryan Zimmerman had a hit, Yan Gomes had a hit and Victor Robles had two hits and an RBI.  Gomes hit a double and Robles hit two doubles.  Turner hit two homeruns and the Nationals were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Turner had a stolen base. 

In the third Alonso hit an RBI double to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the third Turner hit a three-run homerun to give the Nationals a 3-1 lead.  In the fifth Rendon hit an RBI single to push the Nationals lead to 4-1.  In the sixth Rosario hit into a double play and a run scored cutting the lead to 4-2.  In the bottom of the sixth Robles hit an RBI double and it was 5-2 Nationals.  In the eighth Rosario hit an RBI single and it was 5-3.  Ramos hit an RBI single and Lagares hit an RBI single and the game was tied at five.  In the bottom of the ninth Turner hit his second homerun of the game, this a walk-off solo homerun to give the Nationals a 6-5 victory. 

The Mets won two out of three in the series and will now head to Miami to take on the Marlins on Monday night.