Washington 9, NY Mets 7
When: 1:10 PM ET, Monday, March 31, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature:
44°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Welke, 1B -
Clint Fagan, 2B -
Tim Timmons, 3B -
Todd Tichenor
Attendance:
42442
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Nationals 9, Mets 7 (10): Ian Desmond snapped a tie with a sacrifice fly and Anthony Rendon belted a three-run homer in the 10th inning as visiting Washington won in manager Matt Williams’ debut.
Rendon also had an RBI double and Denard Span knocked in a pair of runs, including a two-base hit that tied the game in the ninth for the Nationals. Adam LaRoche also hit a two-run shot, starter Stephen Strasburg allowed four runs and struck out 10 in six innings and Aaron Barrett pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win in his major-league debut.
Andrew Brown belted a three-run homer in the first while captain David Wright had three hits, including a two-run homer in the 10th, and Juan Lagares hit a solo blast for the Mets. Jeurys Familia (0-1) took the loss and John Lannan gave up Rendon’s homer as the New York bullpen yielded five runs in 3 1/3 innings.
Rendon delivered a two-out RBI double down the right-field line and Scott Rice walked Span with the bases loaded to tie the game at 4-4 in the seventh. Lagares led off the eighth with a blast to left field off Tyler Clippard on a 0-2 pitch, but Span drilled a two-out RBI double to left to forge a tie in the ninth off Bobby Parnell.
Lagares and Wright singled before Brown took a 2-2 fastball from Strasburg into the left-center field seats with two outs in the first inning for a 3-0 lead. LaRoche answered with his two-run blast to right in the second before Eric Young Jr. lofted a sacrifice fly to plate Travis d’Arnaud in the bottom of the frame for New York.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Mets were without OF Chris Young due to a right quad strain and 2B Daniel Murphy missed the game to be his wife as they await the birth of their child. … Washington All-Star LF Bryce Harper was 1-of-4 and remained in the game throughout despite going down after hitting his head on Young’s right shin while breaking up a double play in the second inning. … New York starter Dillon Gee retired 15 straight at one point and allowed four runs on four hits over 6 2/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Washington
|
9 |
2 |
17 |
.237 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| NY Mets
|
7 |
3 |
16 |
.200 |
7 |
18 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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