The Washington Nationals squeaked to victory over the New York Mets yesterday at Nationals Park with the Nationals earning the win 2 to 1. Wow! What a nail biter! This was a pitchers duel that Ross Detwiler and Nelson Figueroa will never forget! Fans with Nationals tickets saw two fantastic pitchers do battle. You don’t see baseball games as low-scoring as this, and when you do you better appreciate it! Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.
Nationals pitcher Ross Detwiler (5.35 ERA) got the win, while Nelson Figueroa (4.70 ERA) took the loss for the Mets. Ross Detwiler went 6 innings for the Nationals, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and one earned run with one walk and 3 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Nationals was Jason Bergmann (4.73). The Mets’s starter Nelson Figueroa went 6 innings, allowed 6 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Sean Green (4.75), Pedro Feliciano (3.09), and Bobby Parnell (5.34) also pitched for the Mets. With the win, Detwiler’s record goes to 1-6, while Figueroa is at 2-8. Mike MacDougal earned the save for the Nationals, bringing his saves up to 17.
In addition to the 2 runs, the Nationals scored 7 hits and committed no errors. Mike Morse led the Nationals in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Ian Desmond’s 2 hits, and Justin Maxwell with 2. The Mets didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. David Wright could not get much going at the plate as he left 5 runners on base. The Mets got one run, 7 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Brian Runge, Rob Drake, Kerwin Danley and Wally Bell. There were 18,600 Nationals ticket holders in attendance at Nationals Park.
The win puts the Nationals at a record of 53-103, (37 games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Mets to 67-90, (23.5 games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Nationals are the Atlanta Braves (86-70) 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 (73-83) 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.