Washington Nationals (7-9) at New York Mets (12-2) RHP Jeremy Hellickson (0-0, -.--) | RHP Jacob deGrom (2-0, 3.06) Mon., April 16 l 7:10 p.m. ET l Game #17 / Road #7 Citi FIeld l Flushing, NY Television: MASN l Radio: 106.7 FM The Fan & Nationals Radio Network Standing: 7-9, 4th place, National League East • Home: 3-7 • Road: 4-2 • Streak: L1 • Last Five: 1-4 • Last Ten: 3-7 WHEN... NATIONALS NEWS OPPONENT Leading after 6.................. 7-1 MOVING ON NEW YORK METS Tied after 6 ........................ 0-1 Following Sunday’s 6-5 defeat at the hands of the Colorado Rockies, the Nationals will embark on a 10-day, Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy spent seven Trailing after 6 .................. 0-7 nine-game road trip beginning on Monday that will include games against the New York Mets (3 G), Los seasons (2008-15) with the New York Mets...Washington’s Angeles Dodgers (3 G) and San Francisco Giants (3 G). hitting coach Kevin Long served as New York’s hitting coach Leading after 7.................. 7-0 from 2015-17 and bench coach Chip Hale served as their third base coach from 2010-11. Tied after 7 ........................ 0-2 LEADING MAN Trailing after 7 .................. 0-7 Bryce Harper clubbed his seventh home run of the season on Sunday, a solo blast in the first inning offTyler THE SERIES Anderson...His seven home runs, 1.219 OPS, and 20 walks lead Major League Baseball...Harper ranks among The Nationals went 13-6 against the Mets in 2017, outscor- Leading after 8.................. 7-0 National League hitters in runs scored (T1st, 15), slugging percentage (2nd, .740), on-base percentage (3rd, ing them 115-74 along the way. Tied after 8 ........................ 0-2 .479), and RBI (T4th, 15). Trailing after 8 .................. 0-7 • Of his 15 hits this season, eight have been extra base hits (2B, 7 HR)...Moreover, Harper has 20 walks 2018 / BY THE NUMBERS 2018 W-L ..............................0-3 (0-3 in D.C., 0-0 in NYM) Extra innings: .................... 0-2 and just 11 strikeouts through the first 16 games of the season. Streak .............................................................................L3 • Harper’s personal mark for home runs in March/April is nine (3x: 2017, 2016, 2013). Aggregate Score / 2018 .....................Nationals 9, Mets 17 Scoring first........................ 6-5 • The Nationals record (2005-pres.) for home runs in March/April is 11 by Ryan Zimmerman in 2017...The Opponent scores first ........ 1-4 team record for most home runs in a single month is held by Harper (13, May 2015). ALL-TIME SERIES / BY THE NUMBERS Shutouts ........................... 2-0 W-L / Nationals (2005-present) ............................130-113 START ME UP W-L / Home (2005-present) ......................................55-66 Scoring fewer than 3 ......... 2-5 Derek Lilliquist’s starting pitching staff leads the National League (2nd in MLB) with 111 strikeouts and W-L / Nationals Park (2008-present) ........................48-45 W-L / Away (2005-present) .......................................75-47 Scoring 3 or more .............. 5-4 ranks third in the National League (8th in MLB) with a 3.35 ERA...Additionally, the staff ranks in the National W-L / Franchise (Expos/Nationals) ........................428-412 Scoring 5 or more .............. 4-3 League in opp. AVG (1st, .209), opp. OBP (1st, .267), hits per 9.0 IP (1st, 6.98), WHIP (1st, 1.07), strikeout-to- walk ratio (3rd, 3.96), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (3rd, 10.33), and opp. SLG (5th, .376). 2018 AGAINST THE METS Series opener..................... 3-2 • Max Scherzer (4th, 1.33) and Gio Gonzalez (12th, 2.20), rank in the top 12 in ERA in the National DATE RESULT WIN-LOSS-SAVE Series finale ...................... 1-4 League. 4/5vsNYM L, 2-8 deGrom-Strasburg-None • Scherzer paces the NL with 38 strikeouts, while Stephen Strasburg (6th, 26) joins him in the top 10. 4/7vsNYM L, 2-3 Robles-Kintzler-Familia Home series W-L-T ......... 1-2-0 4/8vsNYM L, 5-6 Lugo-Kintzler-Rhame Road series W-L-T .......... 1-1-0 4/16atNYM DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE BULLPEN Total series W-L-T........... 2-3-0 4/17atNYM Nationals relievers have allowed just two of 16 inherited runners to score this season...Their 12.5% inherited 4/18atNYM Home series sweeps .......... 0-1 runners scored percent ranks second in the National League and fourth in Major League Baseball...They are 7/12atNYM Road series sweeps ............ 1-0 one of two National League teams (and one of five in MLB) to allow two or fewer inherited runners to score. 7/13atNYM 7/14atNYM Total series sweeps ........... 1-1 • Henry Blanco’s bullpen has also been strong when it comes to striking out batters...Washington’s reliev- ers lead the National League and rank second in Major League Baseball with 11.75 strikeouts per 9.0 IP 7/15atNYM (behind NYY - 13.34)...Their 67 strikeouts rank fourth in the National League. 7/31vsNYM At home ............................. 3-7 8/1vsNYM On the road ....................... 4-2 • Sean Doolittle (3rd, 16) and Sammy Solís (T8th, 13) rank in the top 10 in strikeouts among NL relievers. 8/24atNYM 8/25atNYM After day off ...................... 0-1 MATT THE BAT 8/26atNYM Matt Wieters has homered in back-to-back games, clubbing solo shots on Saturday off Jon Gray and Sunday 9/20vsNYM One-run games ................. 1-3 off Bryan Shaw...Wieters has now homered in consecutive games for the first time since Aug. 19-20, 2013 vs. 9/21vsNYM Two-run games.................. 2-1 Tampa Bay...He last homered in three straight games, Sept. 12-14, 2011 vs. Tampa Bay. 9/22vsNYM • In five starts this season, Wieters has posted a .450 on-base percentage (4 H, HBP, 4 BB) and a .667 9/23vsNYM Come-from-behind wins.........1 slugging percentage (2 HR). Last at-bat W-L ................. 0-3 DAVE MARTINEZ Walk-off W-L ..................... 0-0 WALK THIS WAY Nationals manager Dave Martinez was named the seventh field manager in Nationals history on Oct. Facing left-handed SP....... 1-3 As a team, the Nationals offense leads Major League Baseball with 80 walks...The next closest team is the 30, 2017. He joined the Nationals for what will be Facing right-handed SP ... 6-6 Philadelphia Phillies with 63...As mentioned, Bryce Harper leads MLB with 20 walks, while Trea Turner is tied for third in MLB with 14. his 30th season in professional baseball. A 16-year Day games ........................ 4-4 Major League outfielder, Martinez has been a Major Night games...................... 3-5 HEATING UP League coach for the last 10 seasons, serving as Cubs Michael A. Taylor has hit safely in four of his last five games, going 5-for-19 (.263) with two doubles, one RBI, manager Joe Maddon’s bench coach and right-hand March/April ....................... 7-9 one walk and three runs scored during this stretch...He recorded his first multi-hit game on Sunday, lacing man in Chicago (2015–17) as well as Tampa Bay May ................................... 0-0 two doubles and scoring two runs. (2008–14). This is the first Major League managerial June................................... 0-0 assignment of Martinez’s career. July .................................... 0-0 VOTE FOR PEDRO WHAT THEY’RE SAYING August............................... 0-0 Since being recalled on April 2, Pedro Severino has posted a .455 on-base percentage (8 H, 5 BB, 2 HBP)... @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (April 15) September/October. ........... 0-0 He has hit safely in six of his nine games played, including five of his last six games. • In seven starts, he is hitting .320 (8-for-25) with two doubles, three RBI, five walks, one stolen base and Trea Turner now has drawn 12 walks in 70 plate ap- Pre All-Star break .............. 7-9 three runs scored...He has recorded two multi-hit efforts and driven in runs in three of the eight starts. pearances this season. Didn’t draw his 12th walk un- Post All-Star break ............ 0-0 til his 276th plate appearances last season. FUN IN THE FIRST Wearing home whites ........ 1-3 @MarkZuckerman - MASNSports.com (April 15) Washington’s offense has scored at least one run in the first inning in 10 of 16 games...In total, the Nation- Wearing road greys ............ 3-2 als have scored 19 runs in the first inning, ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks (16) for the most in Major Update: 13 walks in 71 plate appearances. He may Wearing red alternates ...... 1-1 League Baseball. not be tearing the cover off the ball, but he is getting Wearing blue stars & stripes . 1-2 on base. Wearing white stars & stripes . 1-1 NATIONALS HISTORY @JorgeCastillo - Washington Post (April 15) When homering .................. 4-6 April 16 (10-2 on this date) Michael A. Taylor doubled, stole third, then scored on When playing error free ...... 5-4 2017 – Down to his final strike and with the Nationals trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Bryce a wild pitch after getting Adam Ottavino’s attention When SP goes 6.0+ IP ....... 7-3 Harper clubbed a three-run walk-off home run off Joaquin Benoit. Harper, who also homered in the third with his lead. 5-5. Doolittle gets the 9th. When SP goes 7.0+ IP ....... 4-0 inning, recorded his 11th career multi-homer game and the fourth walk-off home run of his career, helping When SP goes 8.0+ IP ....... 2-0 the Nationals earn the series victory. @Todd_Dybas - The Sports Capitol (April 15) vs. NL East ........................ 3-6 IN THE COMMUNITY Harper crushes it to left-center.