Nats sweep Amazin’s to start season 8-0

GAME 1 - Shea
Zimmermann vs B.Jones
Nats 11, Mets 6

Mets took a 3-2 lead after Jordan Zimmermann served up a 3 run shot to Butch Huskey.  Unfortunately for the Flushing Faithful that lead was short lived as Bobby Jones threw BP and gave up 5 in the following inning.  Washington had 5 guy go yard with Ryan Zimmerman's grand slam in the 3rd being the most prolific.  New York managed to chip away with runs in the 7th and the 8th, but the chasm was too wide for them to overcome.

GAME 2
Strasburg vs Reed
Nats 1, Mets 0

Rick Reed and Stephen Strasburg hooked up in a pitcher's duel that was a battle of different styles.  Strasburg was throwing heat and Reed was throwing everything but the kitchen sink.  Both lasted until the 7th with the Nats gaining a 1-0 advantage thanks to the legs of Denard Span.  The Nats fleet footed centerfielder led off the 5th with a bunt attempt that was mishandled by Met All-Star catcher Mike Piazza.  Mike airmailed his throw to first which gifted second base to Span.  A Reed wild pitch saw span move up 90 feet closer to scoring.  A shallow fly ball to right by Anthony Rendon was just enough to score Span.  Neither team would score the rest of the way.  With a combination of Detwiler, Clippard and Soriano the Nats protected that 1-0 lead quite nicely.  Soriano notched his 2nd save of the season.

GAME 3
Leiter vs Roark
Nats 5, Mets 4

New York needed a stellar performance from ace Al Leiter.  What they got was a below average (4 runs / 5 IP) performance.  With the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the 6th the Nats got a two out double from Ian Desmond, after Bryce Harper was given an intentional pass.  Adam LaRoche scored to make it 5-4.  With Washington's pen locked in those final 9 outs seemed to come easy.  Soriano came on board for his 2nd save in as many days.  Brian Bohanon, who gave up just one run in 3 innings of relief was tagged with the loss.

GAME 4
Yoshii vs Fister
Nats 3, Mets 0

New York was looking to salvage at least a game in this four game set and went with Japanese import Masato Yoshii.  The nats countered with another one of their aces, Doug Fister.  The latter went 8 innings without allowing a run before he handed the ball over to closer Soriano who made things a bit difficult before getting his 3rd save in as many days.  Yoshii and Fister were locked up in a scoreless time for 4 1/2 innings before the Nats posted two runs on a Danny Espinosa 3 run homer.  A Jayson Werth RBI single in the bottom of the 8th scored Span to make it 3-0.  With the series sweep the Nats jumped out to the franchises quickest start with an 8-0 record.  Folks might remember their 2012 team going 7-1 to start KOD20 and not making the playoffs, so no one in our Nation's Capitol is taking anything for granted here.