Masterful Matz leads Mets’ shutout of Nats

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WASHINGTON — Steven Matz and Tanner Roark found themselves in a pitchers’ duel on Wednesday afternoon at Nationals Park, but it was Matz who came out on top, helping the Mets blank the Nationals, 2-0. New York, which took two out of three games in the series, is a half-game behind Washington in the National League East.

In his first career start vs. the Nationals, Matz allowed four hits and struck out seven over eight innings, at point retiring 16 in a row. The Nationals had runners in scoring position only once against him, which occurred in the second inning. They had runners on first and second with one out, but Danny Espinosa …

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