New York Mets defeat the Washington Nationals

 

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Sunday.  The game took place at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida and the final score was 6-2.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well. Mallex Smith had two hits and two RBI to lead the offense. 

deGrom pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up three hits and no runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  He picked up his third win of the spring.  Miguel Castro pitched to one batter and struck him out, Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Dellin Betances pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Robert Gsellman pitched two innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout. 

Max Scherzer started for the Nationals and he pitched five innings giving up six hits and four runs with a walk and six strikeouts.  Scherzer took his first loss of the spring.  Tanner Rainey pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two runs and three walks with a strikeout, Kyle Finnegan pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Sam Clay pitched an inning giving up two hits.  Luis Avilan pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two and Todd Peterson pitched an inning with two walks. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk, Brandon Drury had a hit and Francisco Lindor had a hit and two RBI.  Dom Smith had a hit, Drew Ferguson had a hit and drew a walk and Michael Conforto had a hit and an RBI.  Pete Alonso had a hit, Caleb Joseph drew a walk and Jeff McNeil had a hit and drew a walk.  J.D. Davis had a hit and drew a walk, Tomas Nido drew a walk and Smith had two hits and two RBI.  Smith D and Smith M each hit a double and Conforto and Lindor each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

Andrew Stevenson had a hit, Trea Turner had a hit and Yadiel Hernandez drew a walk.  Josh Bell had a hit and drew a walk, Yasmany Tomas had a hit and an RBI and Carlos Tocci had an RBI.  Yan Gomes had a hit and drew a walk, Adrian Sanchez had a hit and Blake Swihart had a hit.  Gomes and Sanchez each hit a double and the Nationals were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the fourth Conforto hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  A wild pitch made it a 2-0 game.  In the fifth Lindor hit a two-run homerun pushing the lead to 4-0.  In the sixth M. Smith hit a two-run double extending the Mets lead to 6-0.  In the eighth Tomas hit an RBI single and Tocci hit into a force out scoring a run sand cutting the lead to 6-2.  6-2 would be the final score. 

The Mets will take on the Houston Astros on Monday.