July 20th 2015 -- Nationals 7, Mets 2

Monday night in Washington D.C., the Nationals scored 5 times off Matt Harvey in the first 3 innings and that’s all they needed as they go on to beat the Mets 7-2.  The Nationals scored twice in the bottom of the 1^st and 3 times in the bottom of the 3^rd to take a 5-0 lead. In that third leading 2-0 Clint Robinson doubled in a pair to make it 4-0. An infield single by Ian Desmond scored Robinson to make it 5-0.  In the top of the 4^th Matt Harvey mustered all the offense the Mets would show on the night as he blooped a single into left with the bases loaded scoring Eric Campbell and Juan Lagares and it was 5-2. In the bottom of the 8^th Alex Torres yielded a 2 run homer to Desmond, his 8^th on the year to cap the scoring.  Harvey got roughed up early but settled down retiring the last 14 batters to face him. He goes 7 innings allowing 5 hits 5 runs (4 earned) while walking 4 and striking out 3. He takes the loss falling to 8-7. His opponent Gio Gonzalez lasted 6 innings allowing 6 hits and 2 runs. With the win he improves to 7-4. The Met offense managed 9 hits on the night, 7 singles and 2 doubles.  Juan Lagares led the way going 2 for 4. With the loss  the Mets drop a full game to the Nationals and  are now 3 games out of 1^st  in the NL East. Overall the Mets are 48-45 and 16-31 on the road.  Tuesday night it’s game two of the series. Jacob deGrom (9-6 2.14) goes for the Mets.  The Nats pitcher is TBA.