New York Mets are doubled up by the Washington Nationals

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Monday night.  The game took place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 8-4.  Jerad Eickhoff started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  The Mets had four players with two hits to lead the offense. 

Eickhoff pitched six innings giving up eight hits and five runs with a walk and three strikeouts.  Eickhoff lost his first game of the season.  Sean Reid-Foley pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout, Miguel Castro pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked a batter. 

Paolo Espino pitched five innings giving up five hits and no runs with no walks and three strikeouts.  He won his second game of the season.  Sam Clay pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Wander Suero pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Justin Miller pitched 1/3 of an inninggiving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Brad Hand saved his 17^th game of the season pitching 1 2/3 innings with two strikeouts. 

Jeff McNeil had two hits and an RBI, Dom Smith had two hits and Pete Alonso had two hits and two RBI.  Billy McKinney had a hit and an RBI, Luis Guillorme had two hits and Patrick Mazeika had a hit.  Alonso and McKinney each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Alonso committed an error and Blankenhorn committed two errors. 

Kyle Schwarber had three hits and two RBI, Trea Turner had two hits and an RBI and Juan Soto had a hit.  Josh Bell drew a walk, Yan Gomes had a hit and Gerardo Parra had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Starlin Castro had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Ryan Zimmerman had a hit and three RBI.  Soto, Parra and Gomes each hit a double and Schwarber hit two homeruns.  The Nationals were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Castro committed an error. 

In the first Schwarber hit a solo homerun, Turner hit a solo homerun and the Nationals grabbed a 2-0 lead.  IN the bottom of the second Parra hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the fifth Schwarber hit a solo homerun making it 4-0.  In the bottom of the sixth Castro hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 5-0.  In the seventh McNeil hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 5-1.  In the eighth Alonso hit a two-run homerun making it a 5-3 game.  McKinney hit a solo homerun and it was 5-4.  In the bottom of the eighth Zimmerman hit a three-run homerun making it 8-4 and that would be the final score.