After a disheartening loss to open the series, the Mets followed that up with a painful 5-2 defeat. Zack Wheeler got the start and was not bad but a few well placed hits by Wilmer Difo and Pedro Severino put the Nationals ahead in the fourth.
Wheeler had a good day at the plate and helped get a rally started an inning later. He scored on Asdrubal Cabrera’s sacrifice fly after Amed Rosario moved him to third with a double. A bad throw allowed Rosario to take third and he came home when Yoenis Cespedes grounded out.