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Grapefruit Juice: Mets 7, Nationals 6

The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 7-6 in a seesaw affair on Sunday afternoon at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie.

  • Clay Holmes issued a four-pitch walk to lead off the game, but bounced back to strike out a whopping eight batters over 3 23 scoreless innings of work, as he continues his fantastic spring campaign.
  • Mark Vientos hit a two-run homer off Jake Irvin in the bottom of the first to get things started for the Mets—his first long ball this spring.
  • The Nationals could not put that first inning to bed and played some shoddy defense to extend the frame.