September 25th 2014 -- Game 1 -- Mets 7, Nats 4

Thursday afternoon in game one of a split double header,  Matt den Dekker and Wilmer Flores had RBI singles in the top of the 8 inning to snap a 4-all tie. The Mets beat the Nationals 7-4. The Mets jumped out to a 4-1 lead against Blake Treinen. Curtis Granderson made it 1-0 in the first with an RBI single. In the 5^th after a RBI single by Daniel Murphy made it 2-1, Granderson singled home 2 more and it was 4-1 Mets.  The Nationals rallied in the bottom of the 5^th against Dillon Gee on a RBI single by Nate Shierholtz and a 2 run single by Michael Taylor.  The Mets took the 6-4 lead in the 8^th and then in the 9^th Ruben Tejada capped the scoring with an RBI single to make it 7-4.  Granderson went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI, Flores went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a ribbie.  Gee gets the no decision going 5 innings allowing 9 hits 4 runs (all earned) he walked none and struck out 2.  Carlos Torres pitched the 7^th, Jeurys Familia struck out the side in the 8^th and Jenrry Mejia pitched the 9^th for this 28^th save.  Torres picked up the win improving to 8-5.  Tyler Clippard takes the loss.  The Mets improve to 77-81 an improve to 39-41 on the road.