WASHINGTON — The Mets discovered a option to lose on Sunday at Nationals Park.
It was the continuation of a sport that started Saturday afternoon and was delayed almost 4 hours by rain. The Mets misplaced 3-2 with right-hander Dominic Leone giving up a go-ahead homer to CJ Abrams within the seventh.
The Mets entered down 1-0 with runners on the corners within the third inning, however shortly tied it up with a sacrifice fly.
Things have been trending in the correct path within the fourth after they loaded the bases in opposition to Erasmo Ramirez with one out, however Daniel Vogelbach and Luis Guillorme went down quietly to strand the bases loaded.
Stephen Nogosek obtained two outs within the backside of the fourth, however walked Jeimer Candelario and hit Stone Garrett. Abrams then singled to proper to attain Candelario.
The Mets got here again to tie the sport at 2-2 within the prime of the seventh however the Nats moved forward within the backside, when Abrams teed off on a belt-high cutter from Leone (0-1) to make it 3-0.
The Mets’ first run was charged to Trevor Williams, a pitcher who ate massive innings for the Amazins final season and one they may most likely use proper now. The second was charged to Carl Edwards Jr.
Catcher Michael Perez was a vibrant spot for the Mets, going 4-for-4 with a double and scoring the tying run in his first sport of the season. Perez was added to the roster final week when Tomas Nido was positioned on the injured listing with dry eye syndrome.
Perez’s fourth hit got here within the prime of the ninth when the Mets tried a two-out rally. Brandon Nimmo then despatched a single down the correct facet simply out of the attain of the third baseman. But Alex Call tracked down Jeff McNeil’s fly ball on the warning monitor to assist Kyle Finnegan convert the save, his eighth of the season.
Hunter Harvey earned the win in aid (2-0).
The sport started Friday night time with left-hander Joey Lucchesi happening 1-0 within the first earlier than getting a double play to finish the inning with out additional injury. It was the seventh straight sport the Mets have allowed a run within the first inning they usually’ve now been outscored 35-9 within the first inning.
The errors and the misses proved to be detrimental to the Mets on this explicit sport. The Mets left 9 runners on base. The sequence is tied 1-1 and the Mets have an opportunity to maneuver forward within the afternoon contest.
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