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Home Run Information Mets Notes Nationals Notes Mets vs. Nationals - Saturday, April 24, 2021 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Nationals (8-10) 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 10 0 8 Mets (8-8) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 7 Win: Joe Ross (2-1) | Loss: Marcus Stroman (3-1) | Save: None | Time: 3:20 | Attendance: 8,051 HOME RUN INFORMATION Nationals Home Runs Mets Home Runs Player No. Pitcher Inn. Outs Count Runners On Player No. Pitcher Inn. Outs Count Runners On None Conforto 1 Ross 4 2 2-2 --- METS NOTES Mets: Have lost four of their last five games...Allowed seven runs today after Michael Conforto (1-4, HR, RBI, R): Lined a solo shot off the right-field foul pole surrendering just nine runs total in their first six home games. in the fourth inning...Moved into sole possession of 11th place on the Mets' all- • New York dropped to 0-6 when its opponent scores first. time home run list with 119. Marcus Stroman (4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER/4 R, 2 BB, 4 K): Tied his shortest outing J.D. Davis (1-4): Has reached base safely in every game he's played this year... with the Mets...Snapped a personal six-game winning streak...The Mets lost a He is hitting .364 (8-22) since coming off the IL on April 17. start of his for the first time since September 7, 2019 (had won seven Stroman starts in a row). NATIONALS NOTES Nationals: Have won three of their last four games. Yadiel Hernandez (2-4, 2 RBI, R): Drove in his first two runs of the season. Joe Ross (6.0 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 4 K): Has allowed one or no runs in three of Kyle Schwarber (2-5, RBI, R): Produced his fourth multi-hit game of the season... his four starts this season...In his three road starts, he is 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA (1 Was hitless in his last four games (0-13, eight strikeouts) entering today. ER/17.0 IP)...Has made one start at home (20.77 ERA, 10 ER/4.1 IP). • Had an RBI single in the second inning...After striking out in his first four at- Andrew Stevenson (1-4, RBI): Is on a six-game hitting streak vs. the Mets, going bats of the season, he singled in his next three. 8-20 (.400) in that span. Upcoming Probable Pitching Matchups VS. WASHINGTON Sun., April 25 LHP Patrick Corbin (0-2, 10.95) vs. RHP Taijuan Walker (0-1, 3.21) 1:10 p.m. (SNY, WCBS 880 AM, WQBU 92.7).
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