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Recap - New York Defeats Washington 2-0

New York's pitching staff did its job for UNDER bettors, holding Washington scoreless in a 2-0 victory on Saturday at Nationals Park.

New York was favored by -191 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 9.5.

Clay Holmes earned the victory for the Mets, throwing 5 innings of work, striking out 2, walking 0, and allowing 4 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Francisco Alvarez in the win.

Washington got a 1-inning outing from Lucas Sims in the loss. He gave up 0 earned runs, 0 walks and 0 hits in his time on the mound, while Luis Garcia Jr. had 2 hits in the loss for the Nationals.

New York enjoyed an edge at the plate with a 8-7 advantage in hits.

The game was closed out by Edwin Diaz who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 1 walks and fanned 3 batters to earn the save.