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Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy (20) celebrates after hitting a three-run home run during the third inning against the New York Mets at Nationals Park. (Photo: Tommy Gilligan, USA TODAY Sports)

The New York Mets were considered one of the losers of MLB's trade deadline day.

And then they played an actual game.

The Mets were obliterated by the Nationals, 25-4, on Tuesday night in Washington.

"Those guys were locked in," Mets manager Mickey Callaway said.

"They came out tonight and beat us up pretty bad."

Steven Matz, a pitcher many thought would be on the move, got the start and proceeded to go just 2/3 of an inning, giving up eight hits and seven runs before giving the ball over to Jacob Rhame.

Things did not go better for him, as he gave up seven hits and an additional six runs in two innings.

Tim Peterson gave up three runs in 1⅓ innings. Tyler Bashlor followed with three more runs allowed in ⅔ of an inning.

The Nationals were not held scoreless until Jerry Blevins' sixth inning, having scored seven runs in the first, three in the second, three in the third, three in the fourth and three in the fifth.

The Nationals are the first team to score 3+ runs in the first five innings of a game since July 25, 2011 when the Rangers did so in a 20-6 win over the Twins. pic.twitter.com/hDKx2T2s7B — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 1, 2018

The Nationals returned for much more in the eighth inning when they teed off on shortstop Jose Reyes, who was called on to pitch the final frame. He gave up six runs, including two homers and a hit batter, in his first MLB pitching appearance.

The Mets were down 19-1 to the Nationals when shortstop Jose Reyes came in to pitch.



That didn't go so well either. pic.twitter.com/4gJrMx607e — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 1, 2018

"When you go to the mound, before you throw a pitch, it's fun," Reyes said. "When you start to see homers and stuff, even though I'm not a pitcher, I don't want to see that."

The Nationals led 19-0 through five innings. They're the 2nd team in MLB history to hold a team scoreless through five innings while scoring 19+ runs.



The Hartford Dark Blues led the New York Mutuals 21-0 through five on May 13, 1876.



h/t @EliasSportspic.twitter.com/VrToCNxjdj — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 1, 2018

The Nationals, who chose not to deal star Bryce Harper at the deadline, set franchise records in the D.C. era for hits (26), runs and margin of victory and scored the most runs by a National League team since 1995.

“It’s been an emotional day and it was a good way to end it,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. In addition to the trade deadline, Trea Turner apologized pregame to his teammates for his old offensive tweets.

The Nats' previous margin of victory high was 18 runs in April 2017, also coming against the Mets. The team also saw Ryan Zimmerman become the franchise's overall hits leader, passing Tim Wallach, with a two-hit performance that gave him 1,696 hits in his career.

With his RBI single in the 1st; Ryan Zimmerman is now the Expos/@Nationals all-time hit leader (1,695 hits). pic.twitter.com/l1KiS8zzX0 — MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) August 1, 2018

And somehow it could have been worse for the Mets, who actually got three runs back in the ninth inning against Shawn Kelley.

FINAL: 🙈 — New York Mets (@Mets) August 1, 2018

Still, the end result was the worst loss in Mets history as the team lost by at least 20 runs for the first time. The franchise's previous worst loss was a 26-7 setback against the Phillies in 1985.

"It's a tough loss," Callaway said. "It's embarrassing. We got to do better than that."

Contributing: Matt Ehalt, USA TODAY Network, and Associated Press</s>WASHINGTON: On pace to lose more than 90 games, the New York Mets have endured a fair amount of misery, injuries and mistakes this season. Then came Wednesday [AEST] and a new nadir.

The Mets lost to the Washington Nationals, 25-4, the most lopsided loss in the team's 57-year history. Seven Mets pitchers took the mound, and all but two coughed up runs, including veteran infielder Jose Reyes. In all, the Mets gave up 26 hits, the second-highest total in team history.

"A tough loss," Mets manager Mickey Callaway said after the game. "It's embarrassing. We gotta do better than that."

The Mets have given up more runs in a game before. That distinction belongs to the 1985 squad, which lost by a score of 26-7 to the Philadelphia Phillies on June 11 of that year. But that team at least made up for it by finishing the season with 98 wins and would go on to be World Series winners the next year.

This year's Mets are mired in gloominess with little way out.Steven Matz, one of the starting pitchers the Mets hope to build around, surrendered seven runs and lasted only two outs in the shortest start of his career.</s>The New York Mets were a woeful 5-21 in June, but they seemingly made incremental strides throughout July and entered Tuesday night an encouraging 12-11 over the past 30 days.

That progress will now be overshadowed by the historic 25-4 loss they suffered at the hands of the Washington Nationals (53-53) Tuesday night in the nation's capital.

Following a four-game split with the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, the Mets (44-60) opened their trip to Washington in disastrous fashion as starter Steven Matz was shelled for eight hits and seven earned runs before he was pulled two outs into the first inning.

And that was just the beginning.

The Mets' bullpen struggled to tame Washington's bats and surrendered three runs apiece in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings.

Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy helped accelerate the onslaught with a two-run home run in the second inning and a three-run jack the following frame. All told, he finished with three hits and a game-high six RBI.

It was also a productive night for Bryce Harper—who avoided getting dealt in advance of Tuesday's non-waiver trade deadline despite rumblings Washington was exploring his market.

In all, Harper registered three hits, two RBI and a pair of doubles after entering Tuesday's National League East clash with two doubles the entire month of July.

As a team, the Nationals finished the evening with 26 hits and five home runs, including two off infielder-turned-pitcher Jose Reyes in the bottom of the eighth inning.

By comparison, the Mets managed nine total hits—four of which came in the top of the ninth inning with the result well out of reach.

Now 14 games below .500, the Mets will attempt to start August on a positive note when Noah Syndergaard, who was recently sidelined by hand, foot and mouth disease, heads to the mound for Wednesday's matinee against Nationals southpaw Tommy Milone.</s>WASHINGTON -- In the highest-scoring game in franchise history, Daniel Murphy hit two early home runs and the Washington Nationals kept pouring it on against emergency reliever Jose Reyes and the New York Mets in a 25-4 rout Tuesday night. Trea Turner , who apologized before the game to his teammates for homophobic and racially insensitive tweets he sent several years ago, had four of Washington's 26 hits. Pitcher Tanner Roark (5-12) went seven innings.allowed one run in seven innings andhit a three-run double during a seven-run first inning.The Nationals set the team scoring mark dating to their days as the Montreal Expos in 1969 and were just the 10th team in MLB's modern era (since 1900) to score 25 or more runs in a home game, according to Elias Sports Bureau. The 21-run win was also the largest in Nationals/Expos history, according to ESPN Stats & Info."It was pretty exciting," Nats manager Davey Martinez said. "They came out to play today. Good at-bats all day. Tanner pitching the way he pitched was awesome. Just all around a good day. Been an emotional day, good way to end it."For the Mets, it was the most-lopsided loss in their 57-season history, worse than a 26-7 pounding by Philadelphia in 1985.The Nationals led 19-0 through five innings, marking only the second time that has happened in MLB history, according to Elias. The first occurrence was on May 13, 1876, when the Hartford Dark Dukes held a 21-0 lead over the New York Mutuals through five innings."Tough loss," Mets manager Mickey Callaway said. "It's embarrassing. We've got to do better. ... We made way too many mistakes tonight, and they weren't missing.Callaway added, "Nobody wants to lose like that. We all want to win games. It's a bad loss."Reyes made the first pitching appearance of his career, and the 35-year-old infielder got tagged for home runs to Matt Adams and Mark Reynolds in a six-run eighth. Throwing a fastball in the mid-80s mph and a curve in the upper 40s, Reyes gave up five hits and walked two.Reyes also plunked Ryan Zimmerman with a soft toss. After getting hit in the leg, Zimmerman playfully faked a charge toward the mound, drawing a laugh from Reyes."When you're on the mound, before you throw a pitch it is fun," Reyes said. "But when you start to see people hit a homer, you get more serious, because even though I'm not a pitcher, you don't want to see that."The game got so out of hand, Mets television announcers Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Gary Cohen took turns reading verbatim from the team's media guide in the late innings -- the SNY network played the theme from "Masterpiece Theatre" in the background.The Nationals' offense, which entered the day 16th in the majors this month with 4.8 runs per game, moved up to a tie for second at 5.6 runs per game in July.Murphy drove in six runs, Anthony Rendon had four RBIs and Zimmerman also homered.Ahead 7-0, the Nationals then scored exactly three runs in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings.Hours after general manager Mike Rizzo capped a relatively uneventful trade deadline day by expressing his confidence in the Nationals as currently constituted, Washington broke loose in evening its record at 53-53. Bryce Harper , who had been mentioned in trade speculation, hit a pair of RBI doubles and scored three times.Leading 26-1 in the ninth, the Nationals still hit a little speed bump at the end. Reliever Shawn Kelley gave up a home run to Austin Jackson , wound up and flung his glove to the ground. Jeff McNeil hit his first career home run. As he headed from the plate back the Mets dugout, he already had the souvenir. The ball came back on the field, and was flipped to him before he reached the bench. Steven Matz (5-9) got only two outs and allowed seven runs in the shortest start of his career.Murphy had an RBI single in the first, a two-run homer in the second and a three-run drive in the third. The ex-Met is hitting .391 (59 for 151) with 11 homers and 43 RBIs against New York.</s>The New York Mets' game against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night was bad. Like really, really bad. The Mets lost 25-4, and it was clear early on that it was going to be an ugly game, barring some miraculous comeback that never happened.

The Nationals took a 7-0 lead in the first and followed that up with four consecutive three-run innings for a 19-0 lead by the fifth inning.

As stunning as all this was to watch - or painful, depending on who you wanted to win - it turns out the Mets loss/Nats win was historically crazy in more ways than one. The only other teams in MLB history to have that kind of deficit through five innings was back in 1876 when the Hartford Dark Blues had a 21-0 lead at that point over the New York Mutuals, per ESPN Stats & Info and Elias Sports.

It was also the worst loss in Mets history and was the first time they dropped one by at least 20 runs. On the other side, it was the Nats' biggest win in franchise history since they moved to D.C. with a lopsided 21-run victory.

Here are four other crazy or simply sad stats from Tuesday's game, including Ryan Zimmerman setting the Nats' franchise hits record.

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Ryan Zimmerman faked a charge at Jose Reyes, who hit him with a 54 MPH pitch

LaVar Ball has a plan for his sons to 'take care of' Bronny James on the Lakers</s>Manager Mickey Callaway summed up the New York Mets’ (44-60) performance last night as “embarrassing”, and there is no other way to put it. The Mets suffered their worst loss in franchise history last night, falling to the Washington Nationals (53-53) 25-4 right after they decided to stand pat at the trade deadline. The two teams are set to play again this afternoon to wrap up their brief two game set. First pitch for the matinee affair is scheduled for 12:05 pm at Nationals Park.

The Mets will send right hander Noah Syndergaard (6-1, 2.89 ERA) to the mound today. Syndergaard is returning from the disabled list after missing just over a week and a half with hand, foot, and mouth disease. In his previous start on July 20th, Syndergaard allowed one run in five innings to beat the New York Yankees. The Nationals will counter with veteran lefty Tommy Milone (0-0, 5.40 ERA), who spent most of last season as a member of the Mets. Milone began his second tour of duty with the Nationals last Friday, when he gave up three runs in six innings against the Miami Marlins, but did not factor in the decision. The Nationals went on to win that game 10-3.
• Syndergaard has faced the Nationals once this season, allowing one run in five innings to pick up a win on July 13th at Citi Field.
• Milone has not faced the Mets since the 2011 season, when he was a rookie with the Nationals, going 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA in two starts.
• Jeff McNeil will get the day off with a lefty on the mound. Phillip Evans will start at second base and bat seventh.
• Bryce Harper (6 for 21, 1 double, 2 RBI’s) and Anthony Rendon (8 for 23, 1 home run, 5 RBI’s) have had notable success against Syndergaard in their careers.
• This is the final game of the Mets’ six game road trip. They are 2-3 so far on the trip.</s>The Washington Nationals handed the New York Mets the worst loss their franchise has suffered since their inception in 1962 with a 25-4 smackdown. Even when Ol’ Professor Casey Stengel was managing the misfit Mets, they never took a beating this bad. Former Manager Yogi Berra may have amended his famous quote “It ain’t over till it’s over” to a more Roberto Duran styled “No mas!” type of exclamation. Instead, the Mets are left with a bad taste in their mouth, while Bryce Harper and his teammates go down in the history books for their offensive outpouring.

The Mets looked like they may have been starting to get their act together. They managed to go 12-11 in July after a 5-21 June, which in part is what kept them from having a huge fire sale prior to the non-waiver trade deadline passing. The Nationals, who were in much better shape than the Mets coming into the game, were listening to offers to move Bryce Harper yesterday morning. For both teams, this game is a signal. While a 162-game regular season isn’t about one game, one game can tell you a lot about where teams are headed.

The game was immediately on track to be something big, according to Bleacher Report. Steven Matz surrendered seven earned runs, the most of his career, and the most by an NL team in the first inning this season. The bullpen fell apart, giving up three runs in the second, third, fourth, and fifth innings. Infielder Jose Reyes had to come in to pitch in the eighth, surrendering a pair of home runs, but by that point the bullpen was bare and any arm that could get the ball near the plate was good enough to take the mound.

Daniel Murphy slugged two home runs and became number two, behind Mark McGwire, on the career list of highest slugging percentage versus the Mets by players with 100 plate appearances. He totaled three hits with six RBIs. Harper also had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and three RBIs. It’s a game that made the National’s front office look smart for keeping a now potentially contending team together and can propel a team to believe in itself. For the Mets, who were already eliminated from doing anything this year other than on paper, it is a demoralizing defeat after their front office did nothing to help the team improve at the trade deadline, as per Deadspin.

The game got so out of hand that Deadspin reported the Mets announcers gave up even trying to do the play-by-play and decided instead to entertain themselves. With a nearly empty stadium and viewing numbers down this season, at least someone in the Met’s organization was having a laugh.</s>The trade deadline has come and gone, so it is time for the New York Mets (44-59) to officially begin playing out the string. The Mets enter today dead last in the National League East, but they aren’t even the most disappointing team in their own division. That honor belongs to the Washington Nationals (52-53), who many pundits crowned as potential World Series champions in the preseason only to hit the end of July a sub-.500 team. The Mets will look to add to the Nationals’ misery when they begin a brief two game series tonight. First pitch for today’s game is scheduled for 7:05 pm at Nationals Park.

The Mets will send left hander Steven Matz (5-8, 3.79 ERA) to the mound tonight. Matz had a tough time in his last start, allowing four runs in six innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates last Thursday, but got bailed out by his offense and earned his fifth win of the year. The Nationals will counter with struggling right hander Tanner Roark (4-12, 4.55 ERA), who has had an absolutely miserable season. Roark did deliver a gem in his last time out, tossing eight shutout innings to top the Milwaukee Brewers last Wednesday.
• The Mets are 6-4 against the Nationals so far this season and split a four game series with them the last time these teams met at Citi Field in mid-July.
• The Mets swept a three game series at Nationals Park back in April, their only games in the nation’s capital so far this year.
• Matz is 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA in three starts against the Nationals this season.
• Roark is 0-1 with a 5.82 ERA in three starts against the Mets this season.
• After sitting out Sunday’s game with a sore thumb, Michael Conforto is back in the Mets’ lineup. Conforto will bat cleanup and play left field.
• Former Met Daniel Murphy (4 for 11 with a double, homer, and two RBI’s) and Mark Reynolds (4 for 11, three doubles) have had notable success against Matz.
• Brandon Nimmo (4 for 6, home run, two RBI’s) and Austin Jackson (3 for 4) have had small sample size success against Roark.
• This is the Mets’ final game in the month of July. The Mets are actually 12-11 so far, meaning they can secure only their second winning month of the season with a victory tonight.</s>The Washington Nationals tallied multiple runs in six different innings and recorded 26 hits as they hammered the New York Mets 25-4 on Tuesday.

Every Nationals starter registered at least one hit and scored two or more runs in the game, as the Mets fell to their worst-ever MLB loss.

Mets starter Steven Matz allowed seven runs and eight hits in less than an inning on the mound, while New York's bullpen combined to allow 18 runs.

Infielder Jose Reyes made his first career pitching appearance in the bottom of the eighth and gave up six.

Nationals' second baseman Daniel Murphy, who played for the Mets from 2008-15, went three for four and drove in six runs. Anthony Rendon also recorded four RBIs in the game.

The win moved the Nationals to 53-53 for the year.

Jake Arrieta allowed just one run in seven innings in the Philadelphia Phillies' 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

Detroit Tigers starter Matthew Boyd threw eight scoreless innings and allowed four hits in a 2-1 win against the Cincinnati Reds.

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini went 0 for four with three strikeouts in his team's 6-3 loss to the New York Yankees.

Tyler Skaggs was charged with 10 earned runs in 3.3 pitched in the Los Angeles Angels' 10-6 defeat to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Colorado Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez made a sliding catch to rob St Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina of a hit in the sixth inning.

Chicago and Pittsburgh will conclude their two-game series on Wednesday at PNC Park. Cole Hamels (5-9, 4.72 ERA) is set to start and make his Cubs’ debut, while Nick Kingham (5-5, 4.80 ERA) will take the mound for the Pirates. Pittsburgh came away with a 5-4 win in the opening match.</s>Game Recap: Mets Get Swept By Nationals in 5-3 Loss

The New York Mets (44-61) were defeated by the Washington Nationals (54-53) by a score of 5-3 and got swept in this two-game series down in the Nation's capital. At least they didn't lose by 21 to
In baseball, the New York Mets suffer the worst loss in franchise history after being defeated by the Washington Nationals, 25–4.