Nats Nightly

Bartolo Colon walked more batters than he had in 41 1/3 IP before tonight and the Washington Nationals got a solid start from left-hander Gio Gonzalez in what ended up a 7-1 win over the New York Mets in Citi Field. Rubber match tomorrow with Stephen Strasburg on the mound against Matt Harvey at 7:10 PM EDT in NYC. Jayson Werth had a big night at the plate. Bryce Harper kept taking walks. The Nationals improved to 24-16 with the win.