Remebering Mets History (2012): Daniel Murphy's Walk Off Single Beats Nats As Mets Start Out 5-0
Monday April 9th 2012: Terry Collins Mets got off to a good start in 2012 going 4-0 through the first four.
Today they hosted former Mets World Champion Manager Davey Johnson's Washington Nationals (2-2).
A crowd of 23,970 came out on a chilly night at Citi Field as Mike Pelfrey took on Edwin Jackson.
Miguel Batista got out of a 6th inning jam, Ramon Ramirez & Jon Rauch got the Mets to the 9th inning, as did the Nats pen. Henry Rodriguez came on for the save, but got into trouble right away.
Mike Baxter drew a walk, then Ruben Tejada reached on an error. It was then Daniel Murphy who came through with the walk off single to right field. The Mets won it 4-3 to start out the season 5-0.
Today they hosted former Mets World Champion Manager Davey Johnson's Washington Nationals (2-2).
A crowd of 23,970 came out on a chilly night at Citi Field as Mike Pelfrey took on Edwin Jackson.
Starting Lineups
1 | Ian Desmond | SS |
2 | Danny Espinosa | 2B |
3 | Ryan Zimmerman | 3B |
4 | Adam LaRoche | 1B |
5 | Jayson Werth | RF |
6 | Mark DeRosa | LF |
7 | Roger Bernadina | CF |
8 | Jesus Flores | C |
9 | Edwin Jackson | P |
1 | Ruben Tejada | SS |
2 | Daniel Murphy | 2B |
3 | David Wright | 3B |
4 | Ike Davis | 1B |
5 | Jason Bay | LF |
6 | Lucas Duda | RF |
7 | Josh Thole | C |
8 | Kirk Nieuwenhuis | CF |
9 | Mike Pelfrey | P |
In the 1st, Pelfrey surrendered three straight singles giving the Nats a 1-0 lead. In the 3rd, Ian Desmond singled Ryan Zimmerman doubled making it 2-0 & Adam LaRoche singled making it 3-0.
In the 3rd Pelfrey helped his own cause with a lead off double. David Wright brought him in with a base hit. In the 4th Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a two run HR to tie up the game at three.

Mike Baxter drew a walk, then Ruben Tejada reached on an error. It was then Daniel Murphy who came through with the walk off single to right field. The Mets won it 4-3 to start out the season 5-0.
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