New York Mets double up the Washington Nationals

 

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.  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 and the bullpen was good.  Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Carrasco pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and two runs with no walks and five strikeouts.  Carrasco won his third game of the season.  Drew Smith pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Joely Rodriguez pitched to one batter and got him out and Edwin Diaz saved his seventh game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out one. 

Patrick Corbin pitched five innings giving up three hits and no runs.  He walked four and struck out five.  Carl Edwards Jr. lost his first game of the season pitching an inning and giving up three hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts, Steve Cishek pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and Erasmo Ramirez pitched two innings giving up two hits and a unearned run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk, Lindor had two hits and Pete Alonso had a hit and drew three walks.  J.D. Davis had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Eduardo Escobar drew a walk and McNeil had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  James McCann had a hit and an RBI, McNeil hit a double and the Mets were 2-14 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.  Lindor had a stolen base and Nimmo had an outfield assist. 

Juan Soto had a hit, Josh Bell had two hits and Nelson Cruz had two hits.  Maikel Franco had a hit and an RBI, Dee Strange-Gordon had a hit and Riley Adams had a hit and an RBI.  Victor Robles drew a walk, Franco hit a double and Adams hit a homerun.  The Nationals were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Strange-Gordon was caught stealing. 

In the bottom of the fourth Franco hit an RBI double giving the Nationals a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fifth Adams hit a solo homerun extending the lead to 2-0.  In the top of the sixth McNeil hit a two-run double to tie the game at two.  McCann hit a sac fly and the Mets grabbed a 3-2 lead.  In the ninth Davis hit a sac fly pushing their lead to 4-2 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of there on Wednesday.