The Washington Nationals faced the the New York Mets yesterday at Nationals Park with the Nationals winning 7 to 4. It was quite a game that followers with Nationals tickets will be talking about for days. In fact all sports are a great time so check out what sports tickets are out there.
Nationals pitcher Ron Villone (4.67 ERA) got the win, while Francisco Rodriguez (3.72 ERA) took the loss for the Mets. John Lannan went 7 solid innings for the Nationals, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Nationals was Zach Segovia (6.75). The Mets’s starter Tim Redding went 6 innings, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and one earned run with one walk and 2 strikeouts. Bobby Parnell (5.36), Pedro Feliciano (3.05), and Sean Green (4.70) also pitched for the Mets. With the win, Villone’s record goes to 5-6, while Rodriguez falls to 3-6.
Justin Maxwell provided much of the offense for the Nationals with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 7 runs, the Nationals managed 8 hits and committed 3 errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Nationals, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Ryan Zimmerman had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Mets didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Angel Pagan could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Mets managed 4 runs, 7 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Kerwin Danley, Wally Bell, Brian Runge and Rob Drake. There were 23,944 Nationals ticket holders in attendance at Nationals Park.
The win puts the Nationals at a record of 55-103, (37 games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Mets to 67-92, (25.5 games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Nationals are the Atlanta Braves (86-72) at the Braves’s Turner Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Atlanta Braves tickets because that game should be a good one. The Mets will next take on the Houston Astros (73-85) at Citi Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Houston Astros tickets today and be there for first pitch.
