{"id":36719,"date":"2020-08-14T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=36719"},"modified":"2020-08-14T11:38:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:38:29","slug":"mets-slam-nationals-behind-peterson-nido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/08\/14\/mets-slam-nationals-behind-peterson-nido\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Slam Nationals Behind Peterson, Nido"},"content":{"rendered":"

FLUSHING, NY, August 13th – The New York Mets<\/a> defeated the Washington Nationals<\/a> 8-2 earning a split of the four-game series Thursday afternoon at Citi Field. The Mets pounded out 13 hits and hit three home runs with two by catcher Tomas Nido<\/a><\/strong>. Rookie pitcher David Peterson<\/a><\/strong> continues to impress winning his third game in four starts.<\/p>\n

Peterson Battles<\/h2>\n

David Peterson has a knack of pitching himself into trouble and calmly pitching out of it. Although on Thursday the Mets defense helped put Peterson in a hole only to bail him out. After walking Trea Turner<\/a><\/strong> leading off the game Adam Eaton<\/a><\/strong> hit a dribbler in front of the plate. Catcher Tomas Nido picked up the ball and fired it to second base. Andres Gimenez<\/a><\/strong> could not reach the ball as it sailed into centerfield setting up the Nationals early in the game.<\/p>\n

With runners on second and third, Starlin Castro<\/a><\/strong> walked to load the bases bringing up Met killer Juan Soto<\/a><\/strong>. As every Mets fan feared the worst Peterson struck him out looking on three pitches. Howie Kendrick<\/a><\/strong> was up next and he hit a groundball off the foot of Peterson. When Peterson located the ball he fired to first base for the second out but Turner scored the games first run. Had Peterson fielded the ball cleanly it would have been an easy double play.<\/p>\n

Next up was Asdrubal Cabrera<\/a><\/strong> who hit a line drive to leftfield. Jeff McNeil<\/a><\/strong> raced back towards the leftfield wall to make the catch. In the process, McNeil banged his knee off of the wall. McNeil secured the ball as he fell to the ground to end the inning. But McNeil would have to be carted off the field.<\/p>\n

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