The Mets defeated the Washington Nationals by a score of 8-3 at Space Coast Stadium this evening.
Offense:
Matt Reynolds went 2-for-2 with a home run, a sacrifice fly and three RBI’s after coming off the bench in the 7th inning. Reynolds is hitting a robust .378 so far this spring.
Juan Lagares added a solo home run of his own, after him and Reynolds went back-to-back. Lagares finished the day going 1-for-4.
Matt den Dekker had the third Mets home run of the evening and also went 2-for-2.
The Mets offense combined for a total of 8 runs on 12 hits tonight against Nationals pitching. With three homers tonight, Mets have a Grapefruit League leading 31 homers.
Pitching:
Matt Bowman got the nod for the Mets, and had a strong outing, going five scoreless innings, while only allowing two hits and striking out four. Bowman is a Nats fan and was in attendance for their first game in D.C. on Opening Day in 2005 at RFK Stadium.
However, Bowman was replaced by Jeurys Familia in the sixth, who was tagged for three runs on four hits before being replaced by Buddy Carlyle to close out the frame.
Jenrry Mejia, Dario Alvarez and Erik Goeddel closed out the final three innings and successfully stymied the rest of the Nationals offense.
On deck:
The Mets take on the St. Louis Cardinals tomorrow afternoon at 1:05 at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter with Matt Harvey (!!!) squaring off against John Lackey.
