The Washington Nationals squeaked to victory over the New York Mets yesterday at Nationals Park with the Nationals triumphant 4 to 3. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with Nationals tickets will definitely cherish.
Nationals pitcher Tyler Clippard (2.91 ERA) got the win, while Sean Green (4.73 ERA) took the loss for the Mets. J.D. Martin went 6 innings for the Nationals, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with 2 walks and no strikeouts. The Mets’s starter Mike Pelfrey went 7 innings, allowed 8 hits, one home run and 3 earned runs with one walk and 2 strikeouts. Pedro Feliciano (3.07), and Francisco Rodriguez (3.09) also pitched for the Mets. With the win, Clippard’s record goes to 3-2, while Green falls to 1-4. Mike MacDougal earned the save for the Nationals, bringing his saves up to 18.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Nationals managed 8 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Nationals, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Angel Pagan had the most hits for the Mets (3), followed by David Wright (2). Brian Schneider could not get much going at the plate as he left 6 runners on base. The Mets mustered 3 runs, 10 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Rob Drake, Kerwin Danley, Wally Bell and Brian Runge. There were 19,614 Nationals ticket holders in attendance at Nationals Park.
The win puts the Nationals at a record of 54-103, (37 games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Mets to 67-91, (24.5 games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Nationals are the Atlanta Braves (86-71) 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 (73-84) at Citi Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Houston Astros tickets today and take in all the thrills.