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Wright helps Mets avoid sweep with win over Nats

2:46 PM, Jul 19, 2012   |    comments
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - David Wright hit two home runs and drove in five as the New York Mets pounded the Washington Nationals, 9-5, to salvage the final game of a three-game series at Nationals Park.

Ike Davis added two hits and a pair of RBI while Ruben Tejada knocked in a run and scored twice for the Mets, who snapped a season-high six-game losing streak.

R.A. Dickey (13-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- on 10 hits and a walk over 7 1/3 innings to become the first 13-game winner in the majors. He struck out five en route to his 11th straight winning decision.

Gio Gonzalez (12-5) also had a chance to record his 13th win, but surrendered a season-high six runs on six hits and three walks over 3 1/3 innings.

Ryan Zimmerman homered and Michael Morse supplied two RBI for Washington, which had won three of its last four.

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