The New York Mets (89-72) were no-hit by Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer on Saturday night, losing their fifth game in a row in the process by a score of 2-0.
Scherzer dominated the Mets all game long. New York’s only baserunner came in the sixth, when Kevin Plawecki reached on an error by Yunel Escobar. Scherzer struck out 17 batters, including nine in a row. But with two outs in the ninth, Curtis Granderson popped out to preserve Tom Seaver‘s MLB record of 10.
Scherzer’s no-hitter was his second this season, a feat last accomplished in 1973 by Nolan Ryan with the California Angels.
Matt Harvey pitched very, very well for the Mets. Harvey allowed one unearned run in six innings, allowing four hits, striking out 11, and walking none while throwing 73 pitches. However the Mets offense did nothing to support his stellar performance.
The Nationals got an unearned run in the top of the sixth when Michael Taylor reached on an error by Kelly Johnson and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Wilson Ramos. Dan Uggla added an insurance run with a solo shot off of Hansel Robles in the 7th.
Erik Goeddel and Carlos Torres pitched scoreless innings of relief for the Mets.
The Dodgers will host the Mets in the NLDS.
That was awful. But at least that might wake them up. Let’s see if they can at least grab a win tomorrow to avoid heading into the playoffs on a 6-game losing streak, and crack 90 wins while they’re at it.
The offense has been putrid for the most part ever since the middle of September. With nothing but aces in the Mets’ future, it’s going to be hard to change that. Hopefully they can get some timely hits, and hopefully their starting starters can pitch this well in the postseason— and deeper.
On Deck: The Amazins wrap up the series on Sunday with Jacob deGrom (14-8, 2.60) on the mound to try and end the regular season on a high note for the Mets. He will oppose Tanner Roark (4-7, 4.63) for the Nationals in a 3:10 PM start.
