August 12th 2014 - Nats 7, Mets 1

Tuesday night in Flushing, Doug Fister blanked the Mets for 7 innings while Washington hit 4 homers on the night, the Nats beat the Mets 7-1.  Rafael Montero started in place of the injured Jacob deGrom and he got hit hard giving up 3 long balls.  A two run shot by Bryce Harper (5) in the 2^nd and a solo shot by Anthony Rendon (16) and a 2 run shot by Ian Desmond (20) in the 5^th.  Carlos Torres replaced Montero and gave up a 2 run shot to Michael Taylor (1) to cap the 5^th run 5^th inning. The Mets scored their only run in the bottom of the 8^th on a sac fly by pinch hitter Eric Campbell.  Montero went 5 allowing 7 hits 5 runs (all earned) walking 2 and striking out 4. He falls to 0-3. Fister scattered 7 hits over his 7 scoreless getting this 12^th win.  Offensively Daniel Murphy, David Wright and Wilmer Flores had 2 hits apiece in the loss. Wright extends his hit streak to 11 games. The Nationals continue to dominate the Mets having now won 8 of 10 on the year and 9 straight over the Mets at Citi field.  The Mets are now 57-63 on the year and are 28-28 at home. Wednesday night is game two of the three game affair, Bartolo Colon (11-9 3.97) goes for the Mets,  Jordan Zimmerman (7-5 3.06) goes for Washington.