Friday, April 5, 2019

New York Mets get shutout by the Washington Nationals in home opener


The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 4-0.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he pitched well, Seth Lugo was not good out of the bullpen.  Wilson Ramos had two hits to lead the Mets offense, the rest of the team only managed two hits. 

Syndergaard pitched six innings giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  He took his first loss of the season.  Justin Wilson pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning with a walk and struck out the side and Lugo pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs.  Tim Peterson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a walk. 

Stephen Strasburg pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs with a walk and nine strikeouts.  Strasburg won his first game of the season.  Matt Grace to one batter and struck him out, Justin Miller pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and Tony Sipp pitched to one batter and struck him out.  Sean Doolittle pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Robinson Cano drew a walk and Ramos had two hits.  Jeff McNeil had a hit, Amed Rosario had a hit and the Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Adam Eaton drew a walk, Anthony Rendon had a hit and Juan Soto had a hit and drew a walk.  Ryan Zimmerman had an RBI and drew a walk, Yan Gomes had a hit and Wilmer Difo had a hit and two RBI.  Victor Robles had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Rendon hit a double, Robles hit a homerun and the Nationals were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Eaton had a stolen base and Strasburg and Rendon each committed an error. 

In the second Difo hit a sac bunt to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Robles hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 2-0.  In the ninth Zimmerman hit a sac fly, Difo hit an RBI single and the lead was 4-0 which would be the final score. 

The two teams will be off on Monday and resume their service on Saturday afternoon.  

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