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Washington Nationals @ New York Mets

2015-05-03 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 41048 · 73°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph to LF · 2:55

Washington Nationals defeated New York Mets 1–0. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Ryan Zimmerman singles on a soft line drive to first baseman Lucas Duda. Jayson Werth scores. Bryce Harper to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Lucas Duda strikes out swinging — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Doug Fister L: Dillon Gee SV: Drew Storen

Umpires — HP: Bruce Dreckman · 1B: Tom Hallion · 2B: Alfonso Marquez · 3B: Dan Bellino · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denard Span	4	0	1	0	1	1
Yunel Escobar	5	0	1	0	0	2
Jayson Werth	4	1	0	0	1	1
Bryce Harper	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ryan Zimmerman	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ian Desmond	3	0	2	0	1	0
Danny Espinosa	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Lobaton	2	0	0	0	2	2
Doug Fister	3	0	0	0	0	2
Tyler Moore	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Curtis Granderson	4	1	0	1
Juan Lagares	3	2	1	0
Lucas Duda	4	0	0	1
Michael Cuddyer	4	0	0	2
Daniel Murphy	4	0	0	0
Kevin Plawecki	4	1	0	1
Ruben Tejada	3	0	0	1
Dilson Herrera	3	0	0	0
Dillon Gee	2	1	0	0
John Mayberry	0	0	1	0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	1	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doug Fister	6.1	5	0	3
Tanner Roark	0.2	0	0	1
Matt Thornton	0.2	0	2	1
Aaron Barrett	0.1	0	0	1
Drew Storen	1.0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dillon Gee	5.0	6	5	5
Alex Torres	2.0	0	0	3
Erik Goeddel	0.2	1	0	1
Sean Gilmartin	0.1	0	1	0
Jeurys Familia	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denard Span: W
Yunel Escobar: 46(1)/FO/G4MS-
Jayson Werth: 54(1)/FO/G5
Bryce Harper: S8/L8LM+.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: S3/L3D-.2-H;1-3
Ian Desmond: 43/G4

Bot 1

Curtis Granderson: S9/L9M+
Juan Lagares: S5/BG56S.1-2
Lucas Duda: 8/F8RD+
Michael Cuddyer: 9/L89M
Daniel Murphy: 43/G4M-

Top 2

Danny Espinosa: 31/G34
Jose Lobaton: K
Doug Fister: 43/G34

Bot 2

Kevin Plawecki: K
Ruben Tejada: 2/F23F-
Dilson Herrera: 63/G56

Top 3

Denard Span: 7/F7D
Yunel Escobar: K/MREV
Jayson Werth: W
Bryce Harper: 3/G3S

Bot 3

Dillon Gee: 63/G6MS-
Curtis Granderson: 6/F6MD-
Juan Lagares: S8/G6M
Lucas Duda: 43/L34D

Top 4

Ryan Zimmerman: 7/F7D+
Ian Desmond: D7/F78XD+
Danny Espinosa: 7/F7M
Jose Lobaton: IW
Doug Fister: K

Bot 4

Michael Cuddyer: K
Daniel Murphy: 43/G34-
Kevin Plawecki: 63/G6+

Top 5

Denard Span: D7/G5
Yunel Escobar: S8/G6M.2-3
Jayson Werth: K
Bryce Harper: 6/F4MD-
Ryan Zimmerman: K

Bot 5

Ruben Tejada: 9/F89S
Dilson Herrera: 63/G6
Dillon Gee: S7/G56+
Curtis Granderson: K

Top 6

Ian Desmond: W
Danny Espinosa: D7/F7D+.1-3
Jose Lobaton: W
Doug Fister: K
Denard Span: K
Yunel Escobar: K

Bot 6

Juan Lagares: 9/L9M
Lucas Duda: 9/F89XD+
Michael Cuddyer: 6/F6M-

Top 7

Jayson Werth: 53/G5
Bryce Harper: 43/G4
Ryan Zimmerman: 8/L8RD+

Bot 7

Daniel Murphy: 9/F9M
Kevin Plawecki: D7/F7D+
Ruben Tejada: K
Dilson Herrera: 9/F9D

Top 8

Ian Desmond: D7/L7D+
Danny Espinosa: 6/F56-
Jose Lobaton: K
Tyler Moore: IW
Denard Span: 43/G4

Bot 8

John Mayberry: W
Curtis Granderson: 43/G4S-.1-2
Juan Lagares: W
Lucas Duda: WP.2-3;1-2
Lucas Duda: K
Michael Cuddyer: K

Top 9

Yunel Escobar: 63/G6
Jayson Werth: 63/G6S-
Bryce Harper: K

Bot 9

Daniel Murphy: 3/G3
Kevin Plawecki: 5/F56-
Kirk Nieuwenhuis: 6/F6D-

Notes & reviews

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