The New York Mets defeated the
Washington Nationals on Friday night.
The game took place at Citi Field and the final score was 4-3. Dillon Gee started for the Mets and pitched
pretty well and the bullpen was good.
Eric Young Jr. and Juan Lagares each had two hits.
Gee pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up
nine hits and three runs. He walked two
and struck out four and earned his seventh win of the season. Carlos Torres pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up
a walk and striking out one, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit
and striking out two and Jennry Mejia pitched an inning giving up a hit and
walking one with two strikeouts. Mejia
saved his 26th game of the season.
Gio Gonzalez lost his 10th game of
the season pitching 6 2/3 innings and giving up six hits and four runs with
three of them earned. He walked one and
struck out seven. Aaron Barrett pitched
1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Jerry Blevins pitched
a perfect inning striking out the side.
Young Jr. had two hits, Lagares had
two hits and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk. Travis d'arnaud had a hit and two RBI, Curtis
Granderson had a hit and d'Arnaud, Granderson and Lagares each hit a
double. The Mets were 1-11 with runners
in scoring position and left five men on base.
Lagares had a stolen base and committed an error. d'Arnaud committed an error.
Denard Span had two hits, Anthony
Rendon had three hits and an RBI and Adam LaRoche had a hit, an RBI and drew
four walks. Ian Desmond had a hit, Bryce
Harper had a hit and Wilton Ramos had a hit and an RBI. Nate Schierholtz had two hits, Rendon hit a
double and a homerun and the Nationals were 2-12 with runners in scoring
position and left 11 men on base.
Desmond and Span each had a stolen base.
Ramos committed an error and Harper had an outfield assist.
In the first d'Arnaud hit a three
run double to give the Mets a 3-0 lead.
In the third LaRoche hit an RBI single and Ramos hit an RBI single to
cut the lead to 3-2. Rendon hit a solo
homerun in the fourth, it was overturned on a replay review. Lagares hit an RBI double in the fifth to
make it 4-3 and that was the final score.
The two teams will play on Saturday afternoon.
