The New York Mets were defeated by
the Washington Nationals on Monday. The
game took place at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida
and the final score was 9-5. Jordan
Yamamoto started for the Mets and he pitched well. Dellin Betances and Robert Gsellman also saw
action and pitched well. The offense was
led by Francisco Lindor who had a couple of hits.
Yamamoto pitched three innings
giving up three hits and two runs both being unearned. Yamamoto took the loss. Betances pitched an inning giving up a hit
and an unearned run, Gsellman pitched an inning giving up two hits and he
struck out one and Matthew Allan pitched an inning giving up four hits and
three runs with one being earned, he also had a strikeout. Stephen Tarpley pitched an inning giving up
three hits and a run and Franklyn Kilome pitched an inning giving up two hits
and two runs with a walk.
Lindor had two hits, Mark Vientos
had two hits and J.D. Davis drew three walks.
Jake Hager had a hit and three RBI, Luis Guillorme had two hits and
Patrick Mazeika had two RBI. Vientos hit
two doubles and Hager hit a homerun. The
Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Yamamoto, Davis and Hager each committed an
error.
In the first Ryan Zimmerman hit an
RBI single to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.
Schwarber hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 2-0. In the second Mazeika hit a sac fly to cut
the lead to 2-1. In the fourth Alex
Avila reached on a fielding error and a run scored to make it a 3-1 game. In the sixth Mazeika grounded into a force
out and the lead was cut to 3-2. In the
bottom of the sixth Carter Kieboom hit an RBI single and Hernan Perez hit a
two-run single to push the lead to 6-2.
In the bottom of the seventh a wild pitch made it a 7-2 game. In the eighth Hager hit a three-run homerun
and the lead was cut to 7-5. In the
bottom of the eighth Yadiel Hernandez hit an RBI single to make it a 8-5 game
and a wild pitch made it 9-5 which would be the final score.
The Mets will take on the St. Louis
Cardinals on Tuesday afternoon in Port St. Lucie
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