July 21st 2015 -- Mets 7, Nationals 2

Tuesday night in D.C., Eric Campbell singled home a pair of runs to give the Mets the lead in top  of the 7th inning. The Mets beat the Nationals 7-2.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and continued his amazing sophomore season.  The Amazins took a 1-0 lead in the 4^th when a broken bat infield single by Wilmer Flores brought home Curtis Granderson.  deGrom’s only mistake came in the 5^th when Yunel Escobar led off with a double. deGrom then retired the next two batters and almost got out of the inning when Wilson Ramos hit a opposite field 2 run homer, his 9^th on the year and it was 2-1 Nats.  The Mets took the lead for good in the 7^th.  Flores singled.  Kirk Nieuwenhuis reached on an error to make to make it 2^nd and 3^rd.  That brought up Campbell who’s 2 run single to right brought the pair home. In the top of the 9^th the Mets scored 4 more times on RBI singles by Granderson, Ruben Tejada and Daniel Murphy.  Flores brought home the game’s final run on a fielder’s choice.  deGrom went 6 innings allowing just 3 hits the 2 runs (earned) and striking out 8. He gets his 10^th win; he’s now 10-6. His ERA stands at 2.18.  The Mets got scoreless innings in the 7^th, 8^th and 9^th from Jenrry Mejia, Bobby Parnell and Jeurys Familia to close it out.  Offensively the Mets managed 10 hits on the game. Flores went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI, Granderson also added 2 hits. The Mets improve to 49-45 and are now 17-31 on the road. The pick up a game on the Nats and are now 2 games back of 1^st in the NL East.  Wednesday afternoon it’s the rubber game of the series.  The game starts at 12:35 est. Noah Syndergaard (4-5 3.05) looks to bring the Mets to within 1 game of the Nats.  Jordan Zimmerman (8-5 3.27) goes for Washington.