August 5th 2014 -- Mets 6, Nationals 1

Tuesday night in Washington, Zach Wheeler battled through some control issues and the Mets came through with some timely hitting as they beat the Nationals 6-1. The Mets, as they have all year long got off to a fast lead  with RBI singles by David Wright in the first and Wheeler in the 2^nd  making it 2-0 early on. In the Bottom  of the second Wheeler  allowed 3 walks and a single but the only run to score came in on a wild pitch to Andy LaRoche. The Mets pulled away in the 7^th scoring 3 times. Daniel Murphy hit a 2 run single. Lucas Duda dropped a perfectly placed RBI single in left center to make it 5-1.  In the 8^th Kirk Nieuwenhuis in his first at bat since his recall hit an RBI single off the shoulder of Nats reliever Blake Treinen and it was 6-1. Wheeler lasted 6 2/3 allowing 7 hits the 1 run (earned) he walked 4 and struck out 5. He gets the win improving to 7-8. He lowers his ERA to 3.48.  Josh Edgin (1/3 of an inning) and Jeurrys Familia (1 inning) made scoreless appearances for the Mets.  Dana Eveland pitched a scoreless 9^th. Gio Gonzales takes the loss. He falls to 6-8.  Offensively for the Mets Murphy led the way again going 3 for 4  with the 2 RBI. He now paces the NL in hits with 137 and is now batting an even .300. The Mets are now 54-59. They stand 26-32 on the road.  Wednesday night is game two of the series.  Jon Niese  (5-7  3.24) goes for the Mets.  Doug Fister (10-3  2.68) goes for Washington.