September 25th 2014 -- Game 2 -- Nats 3, Mets 0

Thursday night in game 2 of a split double header in Washington, Gio Gonzalez allowed just 1 hit in 7 innings while striking out 12, the Nationals blank the Mets 3-0.  The Mets only tallied two hits on the game.  Daniel Murphy singled in the 1^st inning. Then in the 8^th, Curtis Granderson reached on an infield single and that was all the offense for the Mets.  Zach Wheeler started and finished his 2014 with a loss. The Nationals scored three times of Wheeler in the bottom of the 4^th on a fielder’s choice by Tyler Moore,  Wilson Ramos scored on a passed ball and Wheeler hit Anthony Rendon to cap the scoring. Wheeler went 5 innings allowing just 4 hits 3 runs (all earned) he walked 3 and struck out 7. He takes the loss falling to 11-11 and finishing with a 3.54 era.  Gonzales set a career high with this 12 k’s and improves to 10-10. The Mets drop 2 of 3 to the Nats on their final road trip of 2014 and are now 77-82 and finish 39-42 on the road. Tomorrow night the Mets start their final series of the year a Citi Field against the Astros.  Jonathon Niese (9-11  3.50) goes for the Mets, Brad Peacock (4-9  4.82) goes for Houston.