On Friday night, the Mets got one of their biggest wins in a long time as Wilmer Flores hit a walk-off home run to take game one of the series. Game 2 featured a pitching matchup between Joe Ross for the Nats and Jacob deGrom for the Mets.
Before the second largest crowd in Citi Field history, these teams put on another great show. The Nats jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first. With the bases loaded, Ian Desmond smacked a single to centerfield that scored Yunel Escobar and Bryce Harper. The Mets got on the board in the bottom of the fourth thanks to a home run to right-center by Lucas Duda, who has been on a tear this week. In the bottom of the seventh, Duda hit his second homer of the game, this time to left-center which tied the game at 2.
In the bottom of the eighth, Curtis Granderson and newly acquired Yoenis Cespedes got on base. A line-drive base hit would scow Granderson to give the Mets the lead. Who hit it? Lucas Duda. His RBI's made the difference as Jeurys Familia got the save in the 3-2 Mets win.
With the win the Mets pulled to within one game of the Nationals for first place in the National League East setting the stage for an epic Sunday Night Baseball game under the lights on ESPN.
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