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Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and streaking Lucas Duda went deep against Zimmermann in the third.

New York Mets starting pitcher Bartolo Colon throws against the Miami Marlins in the first inning during a baseball game in Miami, Monday August. 3, 2015.

After all their recent success at Citi Field, the Washington Nationals arrived in New York with every reason to think they would extend their lead in the NL East. Washington right-hander Jordan Zimmermann attempts to prevent a sweep as he opposes New York rookie Noah Syndergaard.

The New York Mets came into their three game weekend series against the Washington Nationals with dreams of first place and on Sunday their dreams came true with a 5-2 win. Former National Tyler Clippard earned the save for the Mets, which likely only serves as a further twisting...

INF Wilmer Flores’ wild week took another turn upward Friday night, when he accounted for both of the Mets; runs and hit a homer leading off the 12th inning to give New York a 2-1 win over the Nationals.

On Wednesday night, it looked like Wilmer Flores, who has been in the New York Mets organization since he was 16 years old, was going to be traded along with Zack Wheeler to the Brewers for Carlos Gomez.

Aaron Barrett tossed two scoreless innings out of the Nationals bullpen, and so this game went into extras.

Cueto (6-5 2.61 ERA) in 16 starts for the Reds this season. Cueto didn’t blink as he struck out three straight to escape the jam. That would be the final hit of the day for the Nationals as Cueto retired the final 15 batters in order for a complete game shutout.

WASHINGTON (AP) Eugenio Suarez could only watch and hope as the baseball headed toward the left-field foul pole.

He had held the San Francisco Giants to just one hit and two walks in his time in the game, but the oblique injury sent Stephen to the showers early.