The Skinny: The Nationals saw their modest one game winning “streak” come to an end on Wednesday nights as they fell the New York Mets 7-2 at Nationals Park. The loss drops the Nationals to 6-16 on the season, the worst record in baseball.
The Pitching: Tim Redding got the start for the Nats and he has been their best pitcher so far in 2008. He wasn’t awful tonight, but lasted only five innings, taking the loss for the Nationals. Redding gave up only three runs over his five innings, but he needed a whopping 97 pitches to get through the fifth inning. Ray King and Jesus Colome each gave up two runs widening the Mets margin.
The Hitting: Both of the Nationals RBIs came off of the bat of Redding as he attempted to help his own cause. Redding smacked a two RBI double off of Johan Santana, Pena and Nieves scored on the play. Lastings Milledge, dropped to sixth in the line up went 0-4 with 2 strike outs.
What’s Next?: Shawn Hill (0-0) will start tomorrow for the Nationals as they wrap up their series with the Mets. Oliver Perez will start on the mound for the Mets. Game time is 7:10pm.