Wednesday, March 10, 2021

New York Mets lose a sloppy game to the Washington Nationals

 

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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