LEADING OFF: Mets rest after melee, Whitlock starts againThe Mets have been drilled 19 times in 20 games this season, leading the league by a wide margin.
Cruz homers, keys Nats over Mets 4-2 with 8th-inning hitNelson Cruz hit his 450th home run and added a tiebreaking two-run single in three-run eighth inning that lifted the Washington Nationals over the Mets 4-2 and prevented New York from an opening four-game sweep.