Nationals set team scoring record in 25-4 rout of Mets

Within the highest-scoring sport in franchise historical past, Daniel Murphy hit two early dwelling runs and the Washington Nationals stored pouring it on towards emergency reliever Jose Reyes and the New York Mets in a 25-4 rout Tuesday night time. Trea Turner, who apologized earlier than the sport to his teammates for homophobic and racially insensitive tweets he despatched a number of years in the past, had 4 of Washington’s 26 hits. Pitcher Tanner Roark hit a three-run double throughout a seven-run first inning. The Nationals set the team scoring mark relationship to their days because the Montreal Expos in 1969. It was the Mets’ most-lopsided loss in their 57-season historical past, worse than a 26-7 pounding by Philadelphia in 1985. Reyes made the primary pitching look of his profession, and the 35-year-old infielder received tagged for dwelling runs by Matt Adams and Mark Reynolds in a six-run eighth. Throwing a fastball in the mid-80s mph and a curve in the higher 40s, Reyes gave up 5 hits and walked two. Early lead Reyes additionally plunked Ryan Zimmerman with a delicate toss. After getting hit in the leg, Zimmerman playfully faked a cost towards the mound, drawing amusing from Reyes, who wore one of ace Jacob deGrom’s gloves on the mound. The sport received so out of hand, Mets tv announcers Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Gary Cohen took turns studying verbatim from the team’s media information in the late innings — the SNY community performed the theme from “Masterpiece Theatre” in the background. Murphy drove in six runs, Anthony Rendon had 4 RBIs and Zimmerman additionally homered. Forward 7-0, the Nationals then scored precisely three runs in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings. Hours after normal supervisor Mike Rizzo capped a comparatively uneventful commerce deadline day by expressing his confidence in the Nationals as at the moment constituted, Washington broke free in night its record at 53-53. Bryce Harper, who had been talked about in commerce hypothesis, hit a pair of RBI doubles and scored 3 times. Pace bump on the finish Main 25-1 in the ninth, the Nationals nonetheless hit just a little velocity bump on the finish. Reliever Shawn Kelley gave up a house run to Austin Jackson, wound up and flung his glove to the bottom. Jeff McNeil hit his first profession dwelling run. As he headed from the plate again the Mets dugout, he already had the memento. The ball got here again on the sphere, and was flipped to him earlier than he reached the bench. Roark (5-12) went seven innings. Steven Matz (5-9) received solely two outs and allowed seven runs in the shortest begin of his profession. Murphy had an RBI single in the primary, a two-run homer in the second and a three-run drive in the third. The ex-Met is hitting .391 (59 for 151) with 11 homers and 43 RBIs towards New York. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/washington-nationals-new-york-mets-1.4769383?cmp=rss