New York Mets lose a slugfest to the Washington Nationals

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Sunday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 12-9.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  The Mets bullpen wasn’t very good either.  Jeff McNeil, Peter Alonso and Michael Conforto each had two hits to lead the Mets offense. 

Wheeler pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up four hits and seven runs with seven walks and two strikeouts.  Wheeler took his first loss of the season.  Tim Peterson pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with five walks and two strikeouts, Luis Avilan pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a strikeout and Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one.  Seth Lugo pitched an inning with three strikeouts. 

Max Scherzer pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and four runs with no walks and seven strikeouts.  Scherzer won his first game of the season.  Matt Grace pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout, Trevor Rosenthal pitched to one batter and walked him and Wander Suero pitched an inning with two strikeouts.  Joe Ross pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs with a walk and Sean Doolittle pitched to two batters and retired them both.  He had a strikeout. 

McNeil had two hits and an RBI, Alonso had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Conforto had two hits and three RBI.  Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI, J.D. Davis had a hit and Luis Guillorme had a hit and drew a walk.  Amed Rosario had a hit, Brandon Nimmo had a hit and an RBI and Conforto, Alonso and Nimmo each hit a double.  Conforto and Alonso each hit a homerun and the Mets were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Ramos committed an error. 

Adam Eaton had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk, Howie Kendrick had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Anthony Rendon had a hit, three RBI and drew two walks.  Juan Soto drew two walks, Ryan Zimmerman had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks and Kurt Suzuki had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Wilmer Difo drew two walks, Scherzer had a hit and an RBI and Victor Robles had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Eaton hit a double and Rendon hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Robles had a stolen base and Eaton committed an error. 

In the second Scherzer hit an RBI single to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  Robles hit an RBI single, Eaton hit a two-run double and Kendrick hit a sac fly pushing the lead to 5-0.  In the second Ramos hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the fifth Suzuki had an RBI walk and a wild pitch made it a 7-1 game.  In the sixth Zimmerman had an RBI walk, Suzuki hit an RBI single and it was 9-1 Nationals.  In the seventh Rendon hit a three-run homerun extending the lead to 12-1.  In the bottom of the seventh Nimmo hit an RBI double, McNeil hit an RBI single and Alonso hit a three-run homerun to cut the lead to 12-6.  In the ninth Conforto hit a three-run homerun cutting the lead to 12-9 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets will have the day off on Monday and being a brief two-game series with the Minnesota Twins at home on Tuesday night.