Monday, April 11, 2022

New York Mets lose first game of season

 The New York Mets were defeated by the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.  The game took 

place at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 4-2.  Carlos Carrasco started for the 

Mets and he pitched well.  Mark Canha led the offense with three hits.

Carrasco pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with no walks and five strikeouts.  Chasen

Shreve pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up one hit and one run with a walk and strikeout and Trevor Williams

lost his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and two unearned runs.  


Erick Fedde started for the Nationals and pitched five innings giving up five hits and two runs with two 

walks and five strikeouts.  Steve Cishek pitched an inning giving up a hit and two walks with a strikeout,

Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Kyle Finnegan won his first game pitching 

a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Tanner Rainey pitched an inning giving up a hit and earning his first 

save of the season.


Francisco Lindor had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Eduardo Escobar had a hit and Dom Smith drew 

two walks.  Canha had three hits and an RBI, Jeff McNeil had a hit and drew a walk and Tomas Nido 

had a hit.  Escobar hit a double, Lindor hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring 

position and left eight men on base.  Lindor had a stolen base and Alonso committed an error.


Nelson Cruz had two hits and three RBI, Josh Bell had a hit and drew a walk, Yadiel Hernandez had a hit.

Maikel Franco had a hit, Lucius Fox had an RBI and Cruz hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 1-5 with

runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Bell was caught stealing.  


In the bottom of the first Cruz hit a solo homerun to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Lindor

hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one.  Canha hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.  In the 

bottom of the eighth Fox hit a sac bunt to tie the game at two, Cruz hit a two-run single and the Nationals 

took a 4-2 lead and that was the final score.  The Mets took three of four and will head to Philly to take

on the Phillies starting Monday night.  




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