Saturday night at Citi Field, Yoenis Cespedes arrived, but
Lucas Duda carried the load going 3 for 3 with 2 homers and 3 RBI as the Mets
beat the Nationals 3-2. Jacob deGrom
started for the Mets and had to struggle, but held the Mets in the game. The Nats took a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st
on a broken bat two run single by Ian Desmond.
deGrom and the Met bullpen held the Nats at bay the rest of the
way. Meanwhile, Lucas Duda chipped away.
Duda stroked his first solo shot, his 19th a bomb to center field, in
the bottom of the 3rd to cut the lead to 2-1. In the 7th, Duda connected with an
opposite field homer, his 20th on the year to tie the game at
2. In the 8th Curtis Granderson led off
with a double. With 1 out, Cespedes was intentionally walked to get to
Duda. Then against lefty Matt Thorton
Duda hit a double to left scoring Granderson with the eventual game winner. deGrom went 6 allowing 6 hits the 2 runs
(earned) walking 1 and striking out 7.
Bobby Parnell and Hansel Robles pitched a scoreless 7th and 8th,
Jeurys Familia pitched a 1-2-3 9th to snap his save drought and
notch his 28th of the year.
Robles gets the win in relief he’s now 3-2. Thorton falls to 1-1. Duda is scorching hot now with 8 homer in his
past 8 games with 8 of his last 9 hits being the long ball. Cespedes in his debut went 0 for 3 with a
walk. Kelly Johnson went 2 for 4. The Mets have taken the first two games of
this three game set with the Nationals, now pulling to 1 game for first place
in the NL east. Overall the Mets are 54-50 and 37-18 at home. Sunday night the Mets look for the sweep and
a tie in the NL East. Noah Syndergaard (5-5 2.70) goes for the Mets, Jordan
Zimmerman (8-6 3.36) goes for Washington.
Feels pretty good, huh?
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