Mets Comeback From 5 Runs Down To Beat The Pesky Washington Nationals

In the past few years, the Mets have owned the Washington Nationals in the season series. This year, however, things have changed. In two series against the Nats both at Citi Field, the Mets are are 1-3. This is unusual because the Mets have one of the best home records in Major League Baseball with 13-5. Jon Niese started the game for the Mets, and having a great start with a decent 4.58 ERA. In the very first inning, Nationals cleanup, Adam Dunn hit a three-run bomb and gave the Nats and early three run lead. Later on in the contest, the Nationals continued to bury the Mets adding three runs to an already wide 3-1 lead. An hour later, the Mets were in the eight inning and the fans' feelings were out of the game. This would be the inning where the Mets would change every aspect of the game. Leading off the inning was the struggling Jason Bay. Bay, who is a top the list on most stikeouts, leads off with a single. The next batter was David Wright, who is also stuggling, and he delivered a double that moved Bay from first to third. Following Wright was Ike Davis, who is looking like a future star and is only a rookie, that hit an RBI and reached base on a throwing error by Nationals shortstop, Ian Desmond. Tyler Clippard, a relief pitcher who replaced Brian Bruney for the Nationals, was called in and struck out Jeff Francouer. Rod Barajas then hit a two run double that barely cleared the wall to even the game. Then, Alex Cora layed down an excellent bunt single that put runners at second and third with one out. The hot streak of Angel Pagan was on the line and he delivered in the clutch with a game tieing double. The last big hit was that of Chris Carter, who was just called up from the minor leagues, in his first at-bat hitting the game winning double that gave the Mets the final score of 8-6. The top of the ninth was like any other inning but Ike Davis ended it in his usual flip over the dugout fence. This game proved crucial as the Mets lost the rubber game of the series and ended their homestand with an even 3-3 record.