John Lannan threw his first career complete game the last time he faced the Mets, and remembered that start so well he didn't need any video reminders as he prepared to face them again. This time he did even better, throwing his first career shutout, scattering seven hits in a 4-0 win against the anemic New York Mets on Tuesday night. "I've just faced them so much," Lannan said. "I usually do a scouting report where I look at video and stuff, and this scouting report I basically did it from memory.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 4/24	NYM	WAS 3 at NYM 4	W: Santana L: Olsen
Sat 4/25	NYM	WAS 2 at NYM 8	W: Pelfrey L: Cabrera
Sun 4/26	NYM	WAS 8 at NYM 1	W: Zimmermann L: Perez
Mon 5/25	NYM	WAS 2 at NYM 5	W: Maine L: Lannan
Tue 5/26	NYM	WAS 1 at NYM 6	W: Hernandez L: Stammen
Wed 5/27	NYM	WAS 4 at NYM 7	W: Santana L: Zimmermann
Fri 6/5	Was	NYM 3 at WAS 1	W: Green L: Hanrahan
Sat 6/6	Was	NYM 1 at WAS 7	W: Lannan L: Maine
Sun 6/7	Was	NYM 7 at WAS 0	W: Hernandez L: Stammen
Mon 7/20	Was	NYM 6 at WAS 2	W: Hernandez L: Martin
Tue 7/21	Was	NYM 0 at WAS 4	W: Lannan L: Perez
Wed 7/22	Was	NYM 1 at WAS 3	W: Stammen L: Pelfrey
Fri 9/18	NYM	WAS 6 at NYM 5	W: Martin L: Pelfrey
Sat 9/19	NYM	WAS 2 at NYM 3	W: Redding L: Lannan
Sun 9/20	NYM	WAS 2 at NYM 6	W: Maine L: Mock
Mon 9/28	Was	NYM 1 at WAS 2	W: Detwiler L: Figueroa
Tue 9/29	Was	NYM 3 at WAS 4	W: Clippard L: Green
Wed 9/30	Was	NYM 4 at WAS 7	W: Villone L: Rodriguez

Box Scores

Mets (44 - 49) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Nationals (27 - 66) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A Pagan, CF 4 0 1 0 0 2. L Castillo, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 3. D Wright, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 4. J Francoeur, RF 4 0 2 0 0 5. F Tatis, LF 4 0 0 0 0 6. D Murphy, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 7. O Santos, C 3 0 0 0 0 8. A Cora, SS 3 0 0 0 0 9. O Perez, P 2 0 1 0 0 9. B Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. A Berroa, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. B Parnell, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 0 7 0 0		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. N Morgan, CF 2 1 0 0 1 2. C Guzman, SS 4 0 0 0 0 3. R Zimmerman, 3B 2 2 1 0 2 4. A Dunn, 1B 4 1 2 1 0 4. N Johnson, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 5. J Willingham, LF 1 0 0 1 1 5. W Harris, LF 1 0 0 0 0 6. A Kearns, RF 3 0 0 0 1 7. A Gonzalez, 2B 3 0 0 1 0 8. W Nieves, C 2 0 1 1 1 9. J Lannan, P 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 4 4 4 6
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* O Perez (L, 2-3) 6.0 4 4 4 6 4 7.68 B Stokes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3.66 B Parnell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.14		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Lannan (W, 7-7) 9.0 7 0 0 0 1 3.38
* = Season Stat
BATTING		BATTING BASERUNNING SB: N Morgan (29)CS: N Morgan (13)

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Player News

Mets Brian Schneider (NYM) News: The Denver Post is reporting that the Rockies have shown some interest in catcher Brian Schneider. The team is looking for a backup to Chris Ianetta if Yorvit Torrealba leaves this winter.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Alex Cora (NYM) News: Cora, who is still rehabbing his surgically repaired thumbs, filed for free agency.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Elmer Dessens (NYM) News: Dessens filed for free agency.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Nationals Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg's knee injury is officially a patellar subluxation of the left knee, the Washington Post reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.  (STATS - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Updating a previous report, number-one overall pick Stephen Strasburg will not need surgery on his injured left knee, according to MLBlogs.com. Strasburg injured his knee shagging fly balls on Thursday.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)