Two days after the Mets and Nationals played a low-scoring game that featured outstanding pitching from Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer, the stage was set for another pitchers’ duel on Saturday afternoon in D.C. With Noah Syndergaard and Stephen Strasburg starting, it wouldn’t have been surprising if the game looked like the one from Opening Day, but it didn’t look that way at all.
The Mets didn’t waste any time getting to Strasburg. Wilson Ramos doubled to plate the Mets’ first two runs of the afternoon, and Jeff McNeil drove him in with a triple.