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Nationals catcher Wil Nieves tags the Mets' Gary Sheffield on a ball hit by Daniel Murphy. After that, Murphy's hit was ruled a homer, allowing Sheffield's run to count.
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NEW YORK - Daniel Murphy's tiebreaking homer, a call overturned by umpires in yet another replay review involving the New York Mets, led an uncharacteristically wild Johan Santana to a 7-4 win over the Washington Nationals on last night.
Murphy had a career-best five RBIs and Gary Sheffield hit an early two-run double off rookie Jordan Zimmermann (2-2), helping the injury-ravaged Mets finish a three-game sweep.
Despite playing without Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran (for two games), New York has overtaken the Phillies for the NL East lead by winning five of six following a four-game skid.
The only lowlight: Top prospect Fernando Martinez, playing his second big-league game, failed to run out an infield popup that was dropped. The 20-year-old was booed his next time up.
Adam Dunn hit a mammoth homer - estimated at 465 feet, no review needed - for woeful Washington, which fell 20 games below .500 only 46 games into the season. The Nationals have dropped 15 of 18 since a three-game winning streak.
Santana (7-2) struck out 11 and walked six, one shy of his career high. He labored through six innings, throwing a season-high 120 pitches while allowing three runs and three hits.
Washington 000 300 001–4 5 0
New York 201 002 20x–7 11 1
Washington AB R H BI Avg. New York AB R H BI Avg.
C.Guzman ss 4 1 0 1 .340 Pagan cf 4 2 2 0 .323
N.Johnson 1b 5 0 3 1 .337 Castillo 2b 2 2 2 0 .295
Zimmerman 3b 3 1 0 0 .333 D.Wright 3b 5 1 1 0 .345
Dunn rf 4 1 1 2 .283 Sheffield lf 2 1 1 2 .295
Willingham lf 3 1 1 0 .228 Putz p 0 0 0 0 ---
Belliard 2b 3 0 0 0 .164 c-Valdez ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Maxwell cf 2 0 0 0 .150 Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 ---
b-WHarris ph-cf 1 0 0 0 .261 Dan.Murphy 1b 4 1 3 5 .262
Nieves c 4 0 0 0 .283 R.Castro c 4 0 1 0 .253
Zimmermann p 2 0 0 0 .000 F.Martinez rf 4 0 0 0 .000
Villone p 0 0 0 0 --- R.Martinez ss 3 0 1 0 .121
