Unfortunately, the 2016 Harvey has been bafflingly bad with an ERA in excess of 6.00 in losing seven of 10 decisions, and after being battered by the Washington Nationals twice in five days, he might be out of the Mets starting rotation for at least one start. Over their past 10 games, Washington’s offense has been playing lights out, averaging 0.0 runs per game, well over their season average of 0.0.
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The New York Mets are in second place in the National League East just 1 ½ games behind the first place Washington Nationals.
Mets: New York relievers had a run of 16 1/3 scoreless innings over five games before Bastardo gave up Revere’s first homer of the season.
Aaron Nola (4-3) went six innings for the Phillies and while he gave up four runs, three of them came in the fifth after Philadelphia had fashioned a 5-1 lead.
Hammel (6-1) bounced back from his first loss of the season in his previous start.
It’s a significant blow for the Mets to lose Duda, who hit 27 homers last season and 30 in 2014. The eight innings against the Nationals marked the longest start of his career.
Matz became the first Met to win seven straight starts since Steve Trachsel in 2006. Murphy had his major league-leading 23rd multihit game of the season.
Francisco Lindor had three hits for the Indians.
David Phelps (3-2) pitched a ideal eighth.
Harvey (3-7) gave up three home runs, didn’t get past the fifth inning and walked off the mound with a 6.08 ERA.
Jackie Bradley Jr maintained his hot streak in the Boston Red Sox’s 8-3 win over the Colorado Rockies.
Colorado lost for the fifth time in six games. He was a second-round draft selection and the No. 58 overall pick after a four-year career in College Park that featured 40 starts and 50 appearances. Washington 3B Anthony Rendon entered Wednesday with a mark of.367 in his last 12 games, with five doubles, one triple and one homer in 49 at-bats.
The Padres fell to 0-8 against the Giants this season. It was the first career leadoff homer for Nunez. He had three hits and reached base all four times.
Justin Wilson (1-1) got the win in relief for Detroit, and Francisco Rodriguez struck out two in a ideal ninth for his 13th save in 14 chances.
The Mets are also a flawless 6-0 in Matz’s last six starts and are 6-0 in his last six road outings.
They were quickly down two outs in the ninth before Norichika Aoki punched a double down the left-field line. After two strikeouts, Pence lofted a shallow fly which fell between right fielder Matt Kemp and second baseman Alexi Amarista as they chased in vain.
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Matt Adams tied the score with a two-run homer off in the seventh, ending a streak of 13 innings by Chicago starter John Lackey against his former team in which he’d given up just one run. In the fourth through sixth innings, he has a 9.89 ERA, 2.24 WHIP, 14 strikeouts and 10 walks. On Friday against the Brewers, Matz logged another win with seven innings of two-run ball.
