The Nationals (93-65) beat the Mets (77-82) tonight in the second game of a split doubleheader by a score of 3 to 0 in Washington.
What you should know:
Gio Gonzalez was dominant tonight, firing 7 innings and giving up just a single hit. He struck out 12 and walked just 2. It was his 10th win of the year.
Zack Wheeler got the loss, pitching 5 innings in his final start of the year. He gave up 3 runs, all in the 4th inning, striking out 7 and walking 3. Although Wheeler gave up 3 runs he only surrendered 4 hits.
The Nationals scored 3 runs in the 4th inning without a single RBI hit. One run scored on a fielders choice, another on a passed ball and a third on a hit by pitch.
The Mets mustered only 3 hits against the Nationals. Daniel Murphy, Curtis Granderson and Ruben Tejada each singled.
On Deck:
The Mets open up their final series of the year tomorrow with Jon Niese (9-11, 3.50 ERA) taking the ball against Brad Peacock (4-9, 4.82 ERA) at 7:10PM from Citi Field.
