Mets drop 2nd straight without David Wright

Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals were too much for the New York Mets again on Wednesday.

The Nationals were able to defeat the Mets 4-0 as Stephen Strasburg threw 6 shutout innings against a Wright-less Mets line-up.  Strasburg allowed 2 hits while striking out 9 batters.  Wright, who fractured his right pinky finger sliding back to the bag on Monday, was out of the line-up for the second straight day. 

After starting off 4-0, the New York Mets have quickly dropped to 4-2 without Wright.  The Mets struggled to get baserunners and when they were able to get runners on base they could not capitalize.

After a rocky start for both starting pitchers Strasburg and Johan Santana, the pitch counts seemed high from the  first inning.  The Nationals were the team who capitalized on the slow starts when Mark DeRosa scored on a wild pitch in the first inning to go up 1-0 and that would seemingly be all they needed.

Now the Mets and Nationals are tied atop the NL East at 4-2.  The Nationals who started off with 6 games on the road seem to be primed for this season and hope to take advantage of an NL East which seems to be mostly in transition may it be getting older or getting younger.  The Mets look to get healthy as the Mets need David Wright to split up all the left-handed bats in their line-up.

The Nationals now head home to Washington to play the Reds at Nationals Park, while the Mets head to play the Phillies on the road on Friday.