NY Mets (11-9) at Washington (6-16)

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Church, Schneider glad to be with Mets

Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
While ex-Nats Ryan Church and Brian Schneider once looked forward to seeing Nationals Park open, they're now both more than content to play here in road gray uniforms -- not home whites.
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Mets probable pitcher

Oliver Perez

  • LHP
  • (2-0) 2.49 ERA
Mets: Perez threw a solid 5 2/3 innings on Saturday in his last start, holding the Phils scoreless in a 4-2 victory. Perez gave up four hits, but he surrendered a season-high five walks. It was the third time in Perez?s four starts this season he left a game without giving up a run. His seven strikeouts were his second most in a game this season, one behind his eight-strikeout performance on April 2 against Florida.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 47-53 4.37 827.0 435 868 .242
Season 2-0 2.49 21.2 12 21 .247
April 2-0 2.49 21.2 12 21 .247

Series at a Glance

Standings - 04/24/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
New York Mets (NL East) 11 9 .550 1.5 6-3 5-6
Washington Nationals (NL East) 6 16 .273 7.5 2-6 4-10
Stats - 04/24/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
NYM .257 95 10 88 18 124 3.43 183.2 159 75 149
WSH .227 78 11 72 6 141 4.75 195.1 205 89 156
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Nationals aiming for one

Bill Ladson / MLB.com
The Nationals, who will play the final game of a two-game set against New York on Thursday night at Nationals Park, are trying to grab one victory from the Mets, who are 4-0 against them this season.
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Nationals probable pitcher

Shawn Hill

  • RHP
  • (0-0) 7.20 ERA
Nationals: Hill showed enough in his 2008 debut against the Marlins last Saturday to make the Nationals think he is picking up where he left off last season before he was injured. That means Hill, who fashioned a 3.42 ERA last year, could be pretty good. He had held the Marlins to a run before they hit him for three in the sixth inning.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 6-10 4.62 148.0 44 97 .267
Season 0-0 7.20 5.0 0 6 .333
April 0-0 7.20 5.0 0 6 .333

Mets hitters vs Shawn Hill

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos - - - - .250 8 1 2
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis - - - - .400 5 0 1
Evans, Nick - - - - - - - -
Francoeur, Jeff - - - - .000 9 0 0
Green, Andy - - - - - - - -
Hernandez, Anderson - - - - - - - -
Martinez, Fernando - - - - - - - -
Murphy, Daniel - - - - - - - -
Pagan, Angel - - - - .000 1 0 0
Reed, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Reyes, Jose - - - - .000 10 0 0
Santos, Omir - - - - .000 3 0 0
Sullivan, Cory - - - - .000 2 0 0
Thole, Josh - - - - - - - -
Wright, David - - - - .375 8 0 0

Nationals hitters vs Oliver Perez

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bernadina, Roger - - - - - - - -
Desmond, Ian - - - - - - - -
Dukes, Elijah - - - - .000 2 0 0
Dunn, Adam - - - - .240 25 3 6
Flores, Jesus - - - - .333 3 0 1
Gonzalez, Alberto - - - - .250 4 0 1
Guzman, Cristian - - - - .250 8 1 2
Harris, Willie - - - - .000 10 0 0
Maxwell, Justin - - - - - - - -
Morgan, Nyjer - - - - - - - -
Morse, Mike - - - - - - - -
Nieves, Wil - - - - .500 8 1 3
Willingham, Josh .333 3 0 0 .318 22 3 5
Zimmerman, Ryan - - - - .353 17 0 1

Nats to Mets: Don't sleep on Felipe (11-10) (7-16)

Nationals 10, Mets 5

Early lead evaporates

Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
Oliver Perez received an early three-run cushion on Thursday -- including an RBI single by Perez -- but the Nationals came storming back in the middle innings with seven unanswered runs and 10 runs overall to send the Mets back to Shea Stadium with a 3-4 record on their road trip.

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Series at a Glance

 
Felipe Lopez was active on the basepaths before untying the game with a grand slam. (AP)

Nats have last laugh

Bill Ladson / MLB.com
The beginning of Thursday's game didn't look promising for the Nationals, as they fell behind by three runs early. But they stormed back to outscore the Mets the rest of the game by a 10-1 count, paced by second baseman Felipe Lopez's grand slam and career-high six RBIs.
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Nationals 10, Mets 5

NY MetsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Reyes, J, SS5010004.259
Castillo, 2B5131010.273
Wright, 3B4000113.295
Beltran, CF5111035.230
Church, RF4121102.350
Delgado, 1B4000013.198
Pagan, LF3000101.292
Casanova, C4120002.261
Perez, P2011001.250
  Heilman, P0000000.000
  Sosa, Jo, P0000000.000
  Feliciano, P, P0000000.000
  a-Anderson, PH1111000.118
Totals3751153621 

a-Homered for Feliciano, P in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Church (3, Hill).
HR: Beltran (2, 7th inning off Rivera, S, 0 on, 2 out), Anderson (1, 9th inning off Rauch, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Reyes, J; Castillo 3; Beltran 4; Church 3; Casanova 2; Perez; Anderson 4.
RBI: Castillo (4), Perez (1), Church (14), Beltran (10), Anderson (1).
2-out RBI: Castillo; Perez; Church; Beltran.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pagan; Beltran; Reyes, J; Church 2.
S: Perez.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Church (1, 2nd base off Hill/Nieves), Castillo (6, 2nd base off Hill/Nieves).

FIELDING
E: Reyes, J (3, fielding).
DP: (Reyes, J-Castillo-Delgado).
 
WashingtonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Lopez, F, 2B4126102.271
Guzman, SS5021004.316
Zimmerman, R, 3B5021003.224
Kearns, RF5000024.193
Pena, LF5020021.179
Boone, 1B5220012.292
Harris, CF3300204.161
Nieves, C3221102.333
Hill, P0000000.000
  a-Belliard, PH0100100.214
  O'Connor, P0000000.000
  b-Milledge, PH0100100.271
  Rivera, S, P0000000.000
  c-Estrada, PH1011000.240
  Ayala, P0000000.000
  Rauch, P0000000.000
Totals361013106522 

a-Walked for Hill in the 5th. b-Walked for O'Connor in the 6th. c-Singled for Rivera, S in the 7th.

BATTING
HR: Lopez, F (1, 6th inning off Heilman, 3 on, 2 out).
TB: Lopez, F 5; Guzman 2; Zimmerman, R 2; Pena 2; Boone 2; Nieves 2; Estrada.
RBI: Lopez, F 6 (8), Zimmerman, R (10), Nieves (1), Estrada (3), Guzman (8).
2-out RBI: Lopez, F 4; Guzman.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kearns 2; Zimmerman, R.
S: Hill.
GIDP: Guzman.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Hill (1, pickoff).
 
NY MetsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Perez (L, 2-1)5.26554303.62
Heilman 0.13221116.23
Sosa, Jo 1.03311007.36
Feliciano, P 1.01000101.69
 
WashingtonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Hill 5.06323505.40
O'Connor (W, 1-0)1.01000000.00
Rivera, S 1.01110014.60
Ayala 1.00000003.27
Rauch 1.03110115.59

WP: Hill.
Pitches-strikes: Perez 100-58, Heilman 25-13, Sosa, Jo 25-17, Feliciano, P 16-11, Hill 98-61, O'Connor 11-7, Rivera, S 16-9, Ayala 12-7, Rauch 22-17.
Groundouts-flyouts: Perez 8-6, Heilman 0-0, Sosa, Jo 2-1, Feliciano, P 1-1, Hill 7-3, O'Connor 2-1, Rivera, S 2-1, Ayala 2-1, Rauch 0-2.
Batters faced: Perez 26, Heilman 5, Sosa, Jo 8, Feliciano, P 4, Hill 24, O'Connor 4, Rivera, S 4, Ayala 3, Rauch 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Heilman 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Derryl Cousins. 1B: Angel Hernandez. 2B: Eric Cooper. 3B: Marty Foster.
Weather: 77 degrees, clear.
Wind: 8 mph, L to R.
T: 3:11.
Att: 29,750.
April 24, 2008

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