Washington Nationals: 3 Takeaways From 7-1 Loss To Mets

Check out our three takeaways from the Washington Nationals 7-1 loss to the New York Mets last night.

Last night, the New York Mets (26-18) and the Washington Nationals (27-18) began their three game series at Nats Park. It was the first of two pitching rematches from last week’s series as Bartolo Colon took on Gio Gonzalez, but it was Colon who got the win last night

Even in a loss, Daniel Murphy picked up another multi-hit game. The former Mets’ second baseman is hitting .389 this season, has a .407 average in May, and is 6-for-15 with a home run and four RBI’s against the Mets.

As for Gonzalez, while he has been one of the best pitchers in the Nats’ rotation, he had his worst outing of the season last night. The left-hander gave up five runs in the third inning and gave up three home runs to a team that has the most home runs in all of baseball. Gonzalez ended up allowing seven runs in the game, which is the most he’s given up in an outing all year.

Meanwhile, the Nats’ offense managed only one first inning run against Colon as he was able to finish seven innings last night in the win. Last week, the Washington Nationals drew five walks against Colon, but the Mets’ right-hander was throwing a lot of strikes last night.

Before Matt Harvey takes on Stephen Strasburg tonight at Nationals Park in a battle for first place in the NL East (7:05 p.m ET, MASN), here are our my three takeaways from last night’s 7-1 Nats loss to the Mets.

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