Mets 55-52 vs Nationals 50-56

Jordan Zimmerman 6-9, 3.27 ERA

Jon Niese 10-8, 3.97 ERA

1. Reyes - SS
2. Harris - 2B
3. Murphy - 1B
4. Wright - 3B
5. Pagan - CF
6. Bay - LF
7. Duda - RF
8. Thole - C
9. Niese - LHP

The Mets were shutout for the fifth time this season, losing 3-0. Since returning from the DL, David Wright hasn't missed a beat going 19-for-40 (.475) and is in position to match the club record for longest streak of multi-hit games. If Wright gets two hits today against the Nationals, he would join Steve Henderson as the only Mets with eight consecutive multi-hit games. Wright is 2-for-15 (.154) with six strikeouts against Zimmermann. Before Wright was placed on the DL he was batting just .226, since his return he has raised his average nearly 54 points and is now batting .280.

“One of my biggest concerns was that I would come back and do something to hurt these guys,” Wright told the Mets’ official website. “They’d been doing a good job of hanging in there, playing well, and I didn’t want to be that guy that comes back and takes two weeks to get back in the swing of things.”

Niese:

• 2-1, 4.50 ERA 18.0IP 17H 9ER 4BB 18K 2HRs (Last 3 Games)
• Away (This Year) - 6-3, 4.75 ERA, 60.2IP 59H 32ER 16BB 51K 6HRs .257BAA (10 Starts)
• Career vs Nationals - 2-0, 3.44ERA, 18.1IP 18H 7ER 6BB 18K 2HRs .257BAA (3 Starts)
• Last Game vs Nationals - 7.0IP 6H 0ER 1BB 7K (0.00 ERA, .231BAA)

Zimmermann:

• 1-2, 6.00 ERA, 18.0IP 19H 12ER 0BB 16K 3HRs (Last 3 Games)
• Home (This Year) - 3-5, 3.88 ERA, 55.2IP 57H 24ER 9BB 33K 4HRs .264BAA (9 Starts)
• Career vs Mets - 2-2, 4.35 ERA, 31.0IP 35H 15ER 8BB 23K 2HRs. .285BAA (6 Starts) 
• Last Game vs Mets - 5.1IP 9H 5ER 0BB 1K (8.44 ERA, .391BAA)

For the record, Steve Henderson came to the Mets in the deal that sent RHP Tom Seaver to the Reds in 1977.

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