David Wright hit a solo homer in the first to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker homered on the day Mets slugger Lucas Duda went on the disabled list, leading NY past the Washington Nationals 7-1 Monday night.
Mets manager Terry Collins acknowledged serious consideration needs to be given to at least temporarily bouncing Harvey from the rotation. The Mets are known for their power, smashing 63 home runs. He’s hitting. 231 with seven homers and 19 RBIs this season. “I think we’re all aware, for the rest of us that are here, that we really have to step up”.
The results have been mixed for Harvey, who has posted three quality starts but has also been very shaky at times, particularly in his previous outing.
Marlon Byrd’s two-run homer in the fifth off Latos tied it at 3 a half-inning before Lawrie sent Mike Clevinger’s fastball into the left-field seats. So I don’t think there’s this huge stigma about that. “Obviously, the first step in that is that you’ve got to see some results, you’ve got to see some production (so) you can get that consistency”. Since he allowed one run and one hit in six innings at Arizona on Wednesday, Yankees starting pitchers have a 1.76 ERA and the team’s earned-run average has dropped from 4.48 to 4.09.
Colon settled in nicely after a rocky first inning.
Making his major league debut, NY third baseman Ty Kelly went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.
“Right now we’ve got to think what’s not just best for Matt, but what’s best for us moving forward at the moment”, Collins told reporters. He has seven wins in the team’s first 46 games. I’m going to talk to Dan tomorrow.
During the game, Washington Nationals’ hitting coach Rick Schu was ejected by home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn for arguing balls and strikes when Chris Heisey (who was in the lineup for Harper) struck out in the bottom of the fifth.
Matz had to skip a start due to elbow soreness but did not appear to be struggling with any injury when he returned on Friday and cruised through seven innings while allowing two runs and three hits in a win over Milwaukee. Gonzalez’s ERA rose from 1.86 to 2.87. Some of the pitches I was throwing were pretty flat. You tip your cap. “Instead of missing them or fouling them back, we hit them”. NL MVP Bryce Harper went hitless for the second straight game and is batting. 220 in his last 100 at-bats over 34 games.
“I need to get it going in the first inning, first pitch of the game”, Roark said. “Right now, the No. 1 thing that’s not giving him love is his bat”.
“He’s going to get hot”. “This guy is too good”.
Mets: INF Wilmer Flores (hamstring) will begin his rehabilitation assignment Tuesday with Double-A Binghamton.
Nationals: RHP Matt Belisle (calf strain) began his rehab assignment with Class A Potomac, allowing a hit and striking out one in one inning.
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After the Washington Nationals (28-19) hit five home runs last night against the New York Mets (27-19), the offense did not score one run against Steven Matz as the Nats lost the rubber game of this series, 2-0, even though Tanner Roark put up a good pitching performance.
