Nats fall to Mets, 6-3; Church drives in 4
Ryan Church single handedly beat his former team. He drove in 4 runs on a home run and a double. His home run, 8th of the year, tied the game at 2-2 in the 3rd. Church's 2-run double broke the tie and gave the Mets a 4-2 lead, one they wouldn't relinquish.
The Nats offense managed only 4 hits and just two off starter John Maine. Maine have given up 2 runs or less in 7 straight starts.
Game three of the series is Wednesday night at 7:00pm (MASN2 & MASNHD).
Post Game
Nationals 3-4-1
Mets 6-14-2
WP-Maine (5-2)
LP-Lannan (3-4)
Sv-Wagner (8)
In Game Update's
Dear John
John Lannan just couldn't seem to get timely outs. The Mets touched him for 12 hits and 4 runs in 6 innings. He falls to 3-4. His line for the night.
6 IP, 12 H, 4 ER, BB, 2 K. he threw 92 pitches, 59 for strikes.
Mets scoring, 6th inning
Ryan Church has done it again. With the score tied 2-2 in the 6th, he hit a 2-out, 2-run double over the head of Austin Kearns in right field. Kearns looked to be there in time, but the ball sailed over his head for a hit.
Maine Event
John Maine pitched a very good game and is out after 6 full innings. He have up a 2-run homer to Ryan Zimmerman for the only Nationals runs. His line for the night.
6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 5 K, HB. He threw 109 pitches, 78 for strikes.
Mets scoring, 3rd inning
Ryan Church showed the Nationals why they never should have traded him. His 8th home run of the season tied the game 2-2 in the bottom of the 3rd.
Ryan Zimmerman gave the Nationals the 2-1 lead with a 2-run home run in the top of the inning.
John Lannan hase given up 6 hits and a walk in three innings. John Maine has given up just 2 hits through 3.
Pitcher's thru 5
John Maine has given up 2 runs on 2 hits, walked 1 and struckout 4 and hit a batter. He's thrown 82 pitches, 57 for strikes. The Nationals have left 3 men on base.
John Lannan has been hit around, but only given up 2 runs. He's surrendered 9 hits, walked 1 and struckout 1. Lannan has thrown 73 pitches, 47 for strikes. The Mets have left 7 men on base.
Nationals scoring, 3rd inning
Ryan Zimmerman hit a 2-run home run in the 3rd to give the Nats a 2-1 lead. With 1-out, Cristian Guzman reached on an error and Zimmerman followed with his 6th homer of the year.
Mets scoring, 2nd inning
Former National Brian Schneider grounded out with the bases loaded in the 2nd to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.
John Lannan gave up back-to-back singles to start the inning and walked Damon Easley to load the bases with no out. Schneider grounded to Nick Johnson, who threw to second and got a out, but Moises Alou scored for the lead.
Lannan has given up 3 hits so far. John Maine has surrendered 1-hit and struckout two.
Starting Line-Up's
Nationals
2B Felipe Lopez
SS Cristian Guzman
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Nick Johnson
CF Lastings Milledge
RF Austin Kearns
LF Elijah Dukes
C Wil Nieves
P John Lannan
Mets
SS Jose Reyes
RF Ryan Church
3B David Wright
CF Carlos Beltran
LF Moises Alou
1B Carlos Delgado
2B Damon Easley
C Brian Schneider
P John Maine
Game Preview
Nationals (16-23) at New York (19-17)
The Nationals offense broke out last night in the 10-4 win over the Mets. In the 5th & 6th innings, the team went 5-9 with runners in scoring position and scored 7 runs. The Nationals got 7 of thier 10 hits and drew 4 of their season-high 7 walks in those two innings. Tonight they look to continue this trend and win their second straight over New York.
John Lannan takes the mound and tries to go over the .500 mark for the first time this season. He'll be opposed by John Maine.
Pitching Match-Up
LHP John Lannan (3-3, 3.40), a NY native, is facing the Mets for the second time this season. In his first outing, April 17, Lannan gave up 1-run on 3 hits in 6 solid innings and struckout a career high 11 batters. He wasn't around to get a decision in the Mets 3-2 win. Lannan faced the Mets one other time, 2007, and gave up 5 runs in 5 2/3 and got the loss in New York's 7-4 win.
In his last game, Lannan gave up 1-run on 7 hits in 6 innings to earn his 3rd win of the season in the Nationals 8-3 at Houston last Thursday. In his 7 starts this season, Lannan has given up 2-runs or less in 5 of them. In 3 wins, he's allowed 1-run in 20 innings. In 3 losses, 14 runs, 13 earned, in 13 2/3 innings.
RHP John Maine (4-2, 3.00), making his 8th starts of the season, has been solid all year. Except for his first outing, Maine has allowed 2-run or less in his last 6 starts, going 4-1 with a no decision. Maine has won 3 in a row and 4 of 5 and over that stretch, he's given up just 9 runs in 32 innings. In his last game, Maine pitched 8 1/3 innings, giving up 4 hits and a run in the Mets 12-1 win over the Dodgers.
This is Maine's second start against Washington this year. In the first game, he beat the Nationals 5-2 and surrendered 2 runs on 5 hits in 6 2/3 innings. He walked 4 and struckout 4. One hit was a solo home run by Austin Kearns. In his career against the Nationals, 8 starts, Maine is 4-2, 4.84 ERA and held them to a .222 batting average. He has given up 7 home runs in 44 2/3 innings.
Pitcher vs. Hitter
Mets vs. Lannan
Reyes: 4-6, 2B .667
Church: 1-3, 2B .333
Wright: 1-6, 2B .167
Beltran: 0-3, .000
Nationals vs. Maine
Kearns: 4-12, 2 HR, 4 RBI .333
Milledge: 1-3, .333
Lopez: 2-13, .154
Johnson: 2-9, HR .222
Zimmerman: 3-22, 2 RBI .136
Belliard: 9-13, HR, 3 RBI .692
Who's Hot & Who's Not
Hot
Cristian Guzman has an 8-game hitting streak, going 14-38 (.368), 4 2B, HR, 8 RBI.
Nick Johnson is hitting .316, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 10 BB and a .552 OBP in his last 8 games.
Wily Mo Pena is batting .310, 2 2B, 4 RBI in his last 13 games.
Rob Mackowiak is hitting .385, HR, 3 RBI in his last 5 games.
Wil Nieves is batting .419 in his last 12 games and has hit safely in his last 8 starts (.407) with a 2B, HR and 8 RBI. The 8 RBI matches his career high.
Since April 21, Willie Harris is 7-22 (.318), with 3 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 5 BB and a .444 OBP.
Not
Ryan Zimmerman is just 2-16 (.125)in his last 4 games.
Lastings Milledge is mired in a 3-17 (.176) skid in his last 5 games
Austin Kearns has just 1-hit in his last 18 at-bats, .055 AVG.
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