Well, at least they didn't get no-hit.
Max Scherzer took a shutout bid into the eighth inning before surrendering a solo homer to Jose Reyes and the Nationals further buried the Mets in the NL East with a 7-2 win Friday at Citi Field.
"It's tough," said Steven Matz, who allowed four runs on eight hits in seven innings. "We're playing a division team. It's a first-place team in the Nationals. We want to beat these guys. It's never fun losing, especially to guys in your division who are on top of us.