Saturday, April 29, 2017 • 1:05 p.m.
Nationals Park • Washington, D.C.
RHP Zack Wheeler (1-2, 5.40) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (2-0, 2.89)
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The Mets finally won a game again! Last night the Mets played a very Mets game as they beat the Nationals 7-5. Travis d’Arnaud got the offense going early with a 2 run shot in the 2nd but the Nationals immediately responded with three runs of there own. Then Travis hit a 3 runs shot and gave the Mets the lead. The game became a typical Mets game in the bottom of the 8th and 9th as Terry brought in Addison Reed with two outs in the 8th and he promptly gave up a 2-run homer making the score 7-5.
Jeurys Familia came into close, loaded the bases, somehow got one out and Terry went to Josh Edgin. Edgin got Bryce Harper to ground into a double play, the game ended and an entire fan-base breathed a sigh of relief.
Nationals Lineup
- Trea Turner– SS
- Michael Taylor – CF
- Bryce Harper – RF
- Ryan Zimmerman – 1B
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- Anthony Rendon – 3B
- Jayson Werth – LF
- Jose Lobaton – C
- Stephen Strasburg– RHP
Mets Lineup
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Jay Bruce – RF
- Neil Walker – 2B
- Curtis Granderon – CF
- Jose Reyes – SS
- T.J. Rivera – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Zack Wheeler – RHP
Zack Wheeler is 1-2 on the season over 4 starts and 21.2 innings with a 5.40 ERA. He is coming off a start against the Nationals where he allowed 4 ER over 7.0 innings with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. (Runs thanks to Mr. Murphy) The Nationals have the following numbers against Wheeler:
- Werth 7-24, 2 2B, HR (Fun Fact, Wheeler has faced Werth more than any other player currently in baseball right now)
- Rendon 7-19
- Harper 4-16, HR
- Zimmerman 6-15, 2 HR
- Lobaton 3-5
- Murphy 1-3, HR, 4 RBI
The Mets bats will get a look at Stephen Strasburg who is coming off the paternity list, congrats Stephen! This season he is 2-0 over 4 games and 28.0 innings with 7 walks and 29 K. In his last two starts he has allowed 4 ER over 14.0 innings. He was 3-0 against the Mets last year over as many starts and 19.2 innings with a 1.83 ERA, 6 walks and 30 strikeouts (more than any other team he faced). The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 3-19
- Reyes 5-22, 2 2B
- Walker 6-20, HR
- Lagares 2-14
- Bruce 5-13, 2B, HR
- d’Arnaud 4-10, HR
- Cabrera 3-9, 2 HR
- Conforto 0-9, 5 K
- Plawecki 1-6, 2B
- Rene Rivera 0-3
Notes –
Jacob deGrom has 35 strikeouts over his last three starts (19.2 innings). The last Mets pitcher with 35 strikeouts in a three start stretch was Dwight Gooden, May 25-June 4, 1985.
D’Arnaud’s first home run, a two-run blow gave the Mets a 2-0 lead and his second home run, a three-run shot, gave the Mets a 5-3 lead. Only two other catchers in team history have hit two go-ahead home runs in the same game. Mike Piazza, July 3, 2002 at Philadelphia and Gary Carter, August 11, 1985 vs. the Cubs.
Let’s Go Mets!
