Max Scherzer worked his way through six scoreless innings, laboring at times, but making the 1-0 lead he took the mound with in Flushing, Queens, NY’s Citi Field hold up while he was in the game.
Then it was up to the Washington Nationals’ bullpen, and they got through seven, but ran into trouble in the eighth, with Kyle Barraclough giving up a one-out double and two-out walk before Sean Doolittle came on and hit Carlos Gómez, loading the bases, before giving up up a base-clearing double to center by Juan Lagares, 3-1 Mets.