Corey Oswalt took the hill against Austin Voth and the Washington Nationals this afternoon. The Mets took the first two games of the series but couldn’t keep the good times rolling in a 6-0 loss on Saturday afternoon.

Trea Turner hit a two-run homer in the third and Matt Wieters added a three-run shot in the seventh to put the game out of reach.

Oswalt went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. The Mets managed just one hit against Voth and a slew of Nats relievers.

Pitching

Oswalt struck out Victor Robles on a called third strike to begin his day. Trea Turner shot a double into the left-field corner and Bryce Harper walked, but Oswalt recovered to retire Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto via flyball outs to escape the inning unscathed.

The 25-year-old righty struck out Matt Wieters in the second on the following pitch sequence: a 92 MPH sinker, an 83 MPH changeup, a 92 MPH four-seamer, and an 81 MPH curve, with all four hovering over the middle-outside part of the plate. It really was very impressive.

Robles torched a ground rule double into the left-field corner to start the third, then Turner took an inside fastball into the left-field seats, giving the Nats a 2-0 lead.

Oswalt allowed a leadoff infield single to Ryan Zimmerman in the bottom of the fourth despite a nice play by Jack Reinheimer to make the stop. After a Wieters fly out, Zimmerman was thrown out by Kevin Plawecki attempting to steal second, then Oswalt struck out Difo to end the frame.

Corey Oswalt pitched a perfect frame in the fifth, striking out Michael A. Taylor and Turner, his third and fourth punchouts of the day.

Oswalt finished his day with 74 pitches thrown (47 for strikes), two runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Turner’s home run was his only real blemish, and he finished up strong.

Jerry Blevins took the ball in the sixth and was greeted by a long fly ball out from Harper before allowing a double to Rendon, his 41st of the year. Blevins got Soto to ground out, moving Rendon to third, intentionally walked Zimmerman, then allowed a line drive home run to Wieters, giving the Nats a 5-0 lead.

Tyler Bashlor struck out Andrew Stevenson to start the seventh. He issued a two-out walk to Turner, who then stole second, and Harper drove him home with a double of his own to give the Nats a 6-0 lead.

Tim Peterson threw a perfect frame in the bottom of the eighth.

Offense

Michael Conforto drew a two-out walk in his first-inning at-bat, adding to his .382 on-base percentage over his last 15 games, Jay Bruce got a free pass right behind him, but Todd Frazier struck out to end the frame.

The Mets went down in order in the second with Austin Jackson striking out in his fifth consecutive at-bat, then again in the third.

Conforto notched the Mets’ first hit of the game with an inside-out infield single to lead off the fourth but Bruce, Frazier, and Jackson all came up empty.

After going down in succession again in the fifth, Matt Grace relieved Nats’ starter Austin Voth (five innings, one hit, two walks) in the sixth. Conforto drew another two-out walk but, again, was left on base.

Washington’s Justin Miller retired the Mets in order (again) in the seventh, and the Mets couldn’t capitalize on a Dominic Smith walk in the eighth against Jimmy Cordero.

The Mets finished the game with just one base hit, Conforto’s infield single in the fourth, in the loss.

On Deck

Steven Matz (5-11, 4.03 ERA) takes the mound for the Mets against Erick Fedde (2-3, 5.02 ERA) and the Nats in the finale of the season series between these two.

The game is at 1:35 PM, will be televised on WPIX and can be heard on 710 AM WOR.