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New York Mets @ Washington Nationals

2018-04-05 · Day game · Nationals Park · Att: 42477 · 42°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph L to R · 2:57

New York Mets defeated Washington Nationals 8–2. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Anthony Rendon singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jay Bruce. Adam Eaton scores. Fielding error by right fielder Jay Bruce. New York Mets took the lead in the 5th — Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was overturned: Michael Conforto homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Kevin Plawecki scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was overturned: Michael Conforto homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Kevin Plawecki scores — worth 24% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Trea Turner (P): Arguing called third strike.

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Line score

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

W: Jacob deGrom L: Stephen Strasburg SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Doug Eddings · 1B: Marty Foster · 2B: Mark Ripperger · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Michael Conforto	4	2	1	2	1	2
Asdrubal Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	1
Yoenis Cespedes	4	2	1	1	1	3
Jay Bruce	4	2	2	4	0	0
Todd Frazier	4	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Kevin Plawecki	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jose Reyes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob deGrom	1	0	0	0	1	1
Brandon Nimmo	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wilmer Flores	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adam Eaton	1	2	1	0	1	0
Anthony Rendon	3	0	3	1	1	0
Bryce Harper	3	0	0	0	1	2
Ryan Zimmerman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Howie Kendrick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Trea Turner	3	0	0	0	0	3
Miguel Montero	3	0	0	0	0	2
Stephen Strasburg	2	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Taylor	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Goodwin	2	0	1	0	0	1
Wilmer Difo	2	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Severino	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jacob deGrom	6.0	4	3	5
Jerry Blevins	0.2	0	0	2
Robert Gsellman	0.1	0	0	1
Hansel Robles	1.0	1	0	3
Seth Lugo	1.0	1	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Stephen Strasburg	6.0	5	2	6
Brandon Kintzler	1.0	2	2	1
Ryan Madson	1.0	0	0	1
Sean Doolittle	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Michael Conforto: K
Asdrubal Cabrera: 63/G4
Yoenis Cespedes: K

Bot 1

Adam Eaton: D8/L8RD+
Anthony Rendon: S9/G34+.2-H(UR)(NR)(E9)
Bryce Harper: K
Ryan Zimmerman: 16(1)3/GDP/G13-

Top 2

Jay Bruce: D8/F8LXD+
Todd Frazier: 13/G13-
Adrian Gonzalez: 43/G4.2-3
Kevin Plawecki: W
Jose Reyes: BK.3-H;1-2
Jose Reyes: 43/G4

Bot 2

Howie Kendrick: 63/G6S-
Trea Turner: K
Miguel Montero: 53/G6S

Top 3

Jacob deGrom: W
Michael Conforto: 45(1)3/GDP/G34
Asdrubal Cabrera: 8/L8RM

Bot 3

Stephen Strasburg: 63/G6
Michael Taylor: 9/F9M
Adam Eaton: W
Anthony Rendon: D7/L7LM+.1-H
Bryce Harper: 9/L9M

Top 4

Yoenis Cespedes: HR/F78XD+
Jay Bruce: 3/G3
Todd Frazier: 63/G6
Adrian Gonzalez: K

Bot 4

Ryan Zimmerman: 43/G4-
Howie Kendrick: 4/F4D-
Trea Turner: K

Top 5

Kevin Plawecki: S8/L8LS+
Jose Reyes: 13/G13S-.1-2
Jacob deGrom: K
Michael Conforto: HR/F7LD+.2-H
Asdrubal Cabrera: HP
Yoenis Cespedes: K

Bot 5

Miguel Montero: K
Stephen Strasburg: 63/G6
Michael Taylor: 3/G34

Top 6

Jay Bruce: 7/F78S
Todd Frazier: 6/F6MD
Adrian Gonzalez: S8/G6M
Kevin Plawecki: K

Bot 6

Brian Goodwin: S9/L34D+
Anthony Rendon: W.1-2
Bryce Harper: W.2-3;1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: 9/F9LS
Howie Kendrick: 6/L6+
Trea Turner: K

Top 7

Jose Reyes: 3/F13-
Brandon Nimmo: D9/F9D+
Michael Conforto: W
Asdrubal Cabrera: K
Yoenis Cespedes: W.2-3;1-2
Jay Bruce: HR/F89XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Todd Frazier: 7/F7S

Bot 7

Miguel Montero: K
Wilmer Difo: K
Michael Taylor: K

Top 8

Adrian Gonzalez: K
Kevin Plawecki: 6/F4MD-
Jose Reyes: 43/G4MD

Bot 8

Brian Goodwin: K
Anthony Rendon: D7/L7LM+
Bryce Harper: K
Ryan Zimmerman: K

Top 9

Wilmer Flores: 31/G4S-
Michael Conforto: K
Asdrubal Cabrera: S9/G4+
Yoenis Cespedes: K

Bot 9

Howie Kendrick: S6/G56
Matt Adams: 9/F89M
Pedro Severino: 7/F7S
Wilmer Difo: DI.1-2
Wilmer Difo: 31/G3-

Notes & reviews

Nationals challenged call that Conforto was safe at first; call was overturned - out at 1st to complete double play
Umpire review of Conforto's ball that was ruled a double; call was overturned - home run
Trea Turner ejected by plate umpire Eddings for arguing called third strike

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