NEW YORK — The New York Mets, shortly after trading three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer, lost 11-6 to the Washington Nationals on Saturday night.
The deal that sent Scherzer to the AL West-leading Texas Rangers came in the first inning, which ended with Washington leading 4-0 after an announced crowd of 30,858 sat through an 80-minute rain delay before the first pitch.
Fans were already booing by the time former Mets first baseman Dominic Smith's two-run single highlighted the inning.
The blockbuster trade, in which a person with knowledge of the details said the Mets also sent more than $35 million to Texas for 21-year-old Luisangel Acuña, the younger brother of Atlanta Braves superstar Ronald Acuña Jr.