The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Friday. The game took place at Nationals
Park in Washington D.C. and the final score was 7-3. Max Scherzer started for the Mets and had a solid
outing. Jeff McNeil led the offense with three hits.
Scherzer pitched six innings giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and six strikeouts. Scherzer
won his first game of the season. Drew Smith pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two,
Seth Lugo pitched an inning giving up a hit and struck out one and Sean Reid-Foley pitched a perfect
inning.
Josiah Gray started for the Nationals and pitched four innings giving up eight hits and four runs with two
walks and five strikeouts and took his first loss of the season. Steve Cishek pitched to one batter and hit
him getting ejected, Sean Doolittle pitched an inning with a strikeout and Victor Arano pitched an inning
giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout. Patrick Murphy pitched 2/3 of an inning walking three,
Paolo Espino pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.
Brandon Nimmo had two hits, Starling Marte had two hits and three RBI and Francisco Lindor drew a
walk. Pete Alonso had a hit, Eduardo Escobar had a hit and drew two walks and Robinson Cano had a
hit and two RBI. Mark Canha had two hits and drew two walks, McNeil had three hits, two RBI and
drew a walk. Tomas Nido had a hit, Escobar, Marte and Alonso each hit a double. Nimmo hit a triple
and McNeil hit a homerun. The Mets were 5-14 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.
Cesar Hernandez had a hit, Juan Soto drew a walk and Nelson Cruz had a hit. Josh Bell had a hit and two
RBI, Keibert Ruiz had two hits and Yadiel Hernandez had an RBI. Bell hit a homerun and the Nationals
left three on base. Dee Strange-Gordon had an outfield assist
In the bottom of the second Hernandez hit a sac fly giving the Nationals a 1-0 lead. In the third McNeil
hit a solo homerun to tie the game at one. In the fourth Cano hit a two-run single giving the Mets a 3-1
lead. In the bottom of the fourth Bell hit a two-run homer tying the game at three. In the fifth Marte
hit an RBI double giving the Mets a 4-3 lead, in the sixth the lead was extended to 6-3. Marte hit a
two-run single. In the ninth McNeil hit an RBI single pushing the lead to 7-3 which was the final score.
The two teams will play game three on Saturday.
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