New York Mets lose a close hard fought battle to get swept in Washington

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Thursday.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 7-6.  Zack Wheeler started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch very well.  Robinson Cano had three hits and Michael Conforto had three RBI to lead the Mets offense. 

Wheeler lost his third game of the season pitching six innings and giving up 11 hits and six runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Daniel Zamora pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a run and a walk with a strikeout, Robert Gsellman pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he walked two and Tyler Bashlor pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Anibal Sanchez pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.  Erick Fedde pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up four hits and four runs with two strikeouts, Dan Jennings pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and he won his first game of the season and Justin Miller pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Kyle Barraclough pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one, Wander Suero pitched an inning giving up a hit and Sean Doolittle picked up his seventh save of the season pitching an inning and giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Jeff McNeil had a hit, Juan Lagares had a hit and an RBI and Cano had three hits and an RBI.  Conforto had a hit and three RBI, J.D. Davis had a hit and Brandon Nimmo drew two walks.  Amed Rosario had a hit, Todd Frazier had a hit and Wheeler had a hit.  Wilson Ramos had a hit and an RBI, Frazier and Cano each hit a double and Conforto hit a homerun.  The Mets were 5-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

Adam Eaton had a hit, Victor Robles had a hit and Anthony Rendon had a hit and an RBI.  Juan Soto drew a walk, Howie Kendrick had a hit and Gerardo Parra had three hits, three RBI and drew a walk.  Kurt Suzuki had three hits and two RBI, Wilmer Difo drew two walks and Adrian Sanchez had a hit.  Michael A. Taylor had a hit and Brian Dozier drew a walk.  Kendrick, Suzuki and Parra each hit a double.  Parra hit a homerun and the Nationals were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Parra had a stolen base. 

 In the first Rendon hit an RBI single, Kendrick hit into a double play but a run scored an Parra hit an RBI double to give the Nationals a 3-0 lead.  Suzuki hit an RBi double and the lead was pushed to 4-0.  In the third Cano hit an RBI double and Conforto hit a three-run homerun to tie the game at four.  In the fifth Parra hit a two-run homerun to give the Nationals a 6-4 lead.  In the seventh Suzuki hit an RBI single to make it a 7-4 game.  In the ninth Ramos hit an RBI single and Lagares hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 7-6 but that would be the final score of the game. 

The Mets were swept in the three-game series and will head to Miami to take on the Marlins in a three-game set beginning on Friday night.