NEW YORK -- Gio Gonzalez came about as close as a pitcher can to a no-hitter. The left-hander would up inches away in a one-hitter Monday night and the Washington Nationals hit five home runs, including long balls by their first two batters in a 9-0 rout of the New York Mets. "It was a great performance," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "He was throwing everything over -- change, curve, fastball. It was fun to watch." Gonzalez held the overmatched Mets hitless into the seventh before pinch-hitter Zach Lutz broke up the bid with a soft single. Lutz swung at the first pitch of the inning and sliced a looper that landed on the first base line, taking out a chunk of chalk well behind the bag for New Yorks lone hit. "Off the end of the bat," Lutz said. "It was good luck." First baseman Adam LaRoche made a diving attempt as the ball hit the dirt, but it squirted by and into foul territory along the right field line. First base umpire John Hirschbeck correctly called it fair, and Gonzalez (10-6) paused behind the mound to stare in that direction. "LaRoche came over to me and said, Im sick to my stomach. All the guys came over and said the same thing," said Gonzalez, who won 21 games last season and finished third in NL Cy Young Award voting. After the hit, Gonzalez kept sailing along in a dominant outing. He struck out eight and walked two for his second career shutout and fourth complete game, improving to 5-0 in six starts against the Mets since last years All-Star break. Denard Span and Ryan Zimmerman hit back-to-back homers to start the game. Jayson Werth and Tyler Moore also connected off Carlos Torres (3-4), roughed up by Washington for the second time in six weeks. Wilson Ramos added a three-run shot off reliever Greg Burke. The five home runs were the most a team has hit in one game at Citi Field, which opened in 2009. Handed a huge lead, Gonzalez was in cruise control as he won his third straight start. He faced three batters more than the minimum to help the Nationals, on the fringe of the NL wild-card chase, win their third in a row and fifth in six games. The only ball the Mets hit hard was a line drive to shortstop by Juan Lagares in the fifth. Gonzalez walked his second batter and penultimate one. "Fortunately, we put a ball in play where no one was at so we go home at least knowing we didnt get no-hit," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Obviously, we feel very fortunate." Washington gave Gonzalez a two-run lead before he took the mound, hitting two homers on Torres first eight pitches. Spans shot to right field was his sixth career leadoff homer and first for the Nationals this season. It also extended his hitting streak to 20 games, the longest active run in the majors. Zimmerman followed with a drive to left-centre for his fourth home run in three days and sixth in the last seven games. It marked the third time this season that a team hit back-to-back homers to begin a game, according to STATS. Matt Carpenter and Carlos Beltran did it for St. Louis on April 26 against Pittsburgh, and Kole Calhoun and Mike Trout connected for the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 6 against Texas. Steve Lombardozzi and Bryce Harper were the last Nationals pair to achieve the feat on June 3, 2012, against Atlanta. The previous time the Mets served up homers to the first two batters in a game was June 28, 2003, when Alfonso Soriano and Derek Jeter went deep for the Yankees, STATS said. "That was the first time I had ever seen it," Mets catcher Travis dArnaud said. Span singled in the third, Zimmerman walked and Werth hit a three-run shot to left-centre. Moore opened the fourth with a long drive to straightaway centre, making it 6-0. Ramos connected in the fifth, and the only drama left was Gonzalezs pursuit of a no-hitter. Torres gave up six runs and five hits in four innings. Hes made four solid starts for the Mets and turned in two duds against the Nationals, including their 14-1 rout on July 28. NOTES: Collins confirmed that injured closer Bobby Parnell will have season-ending surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck. The team hopes Parnell will be ready for spring training. ... Harper sat out again with a sore left hip. Scratched from the lineup Saturday in Miami, Harper was examined by team doctors in Washington, and Johnson said tests showed inflammation but no structural damage. The 20-year-old slugger will take oral medication and miss at least the first two games of the series. ... Johnson said RHP Tanner Roark will start the series finale Thursday. ... Span had three hits. ... Gonzalezs other shutout was a five-hitter against St. Louis on Aug. 31 last year. ... 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Snedeker was on a Segway scooter during a corporate outing at Sheshan International when he took a tumble and injured his left knee.LONDON - England inflicted San Marinos 60th consecutive loss by routing world footballs weakest team 5-0 in the 2016 European Championship qualifier on Thursday while Group E rival Switzerland surprisingly lost again.Wayne Rooney scored his 42nd international goal from the penalty spot to go within seven of Englands all-time top-scorer, Bobby Charlton, but the captain wasted several chances to close the gap further.San Marino, which is joint bottom of FIFAs rankings with Bhutan, prevented England from scoring until the 24th minute through Phil Jagielkas header in a first-half when the 18th-ranked hosts lacked tempo.After Rooneys strike before halftime, Danny Welbeck and Andros Townsend netted after the break, and Alessandro Della Valle scored an own goal.We kept plugging away in the first half when it was difficult to break them down, England coach Roy Hodgson said. Our tempo was up in the second half, because it was hard for them to keep going in that second half.England tops Group E after back-to-back wins thanks to a superior difference to Lithuania, which beat Estonia 1-0 on Saulius Mikoliunas late goal.But Switzerland, which reached the World Cup round of 16 in Brazil, is surprisingly on zero points after following up last months loss to England by going down 1-0 at Slovenia. Milivoje Novakovic scored an 80th-minute penalty after Switzerland defender Johan Djourou brought down Kevin Kampl.With the top two guaranteed a place at the 2016 finals in France it would be unlikely for England to miss out on the expanded 24-team tournament.At Wembley, there were 55,990 fans — almost twice the population of San Marino — inside the 90,,000-capacity stadium.ddddddddddddIt proved a frustrating start for England, with Welbeck having a shot deflected wide and Raheem Sterling denied by goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini.But after Simoncini fell as Sterling swung in a corner, Jagielka headed in his third England goal. Although England goalkeeper Joe Hart didnt have a save to make in the match, San Marino did manage to launch a counterattack in the 35th minute which resulted in Matteo Vitaioli finding the space to strike wide.With Simoncini producing a quick reaction save to block Welbecks close-range shot, Englands lead was extended only after Rooney was brought down by San Marino captain Andy Selva, and the England skipper scored from the spot.Against teams of Englands stature sometimes its worse, and we played a great first half, San Marino coach Pierangelo Manzaroli said through a translator. We thought it would be a difficult game form the start. We thought England would push hard form the start to try to close the match but we did well, and it was no surprise we could contain as well as we could.Poor defending, though, allowed halftime substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to produce a cross that Welbeck turned into the net four minutes after the break.But Rooney couldnt find a way past Simoncini again, with a header thwarted, a chip saved, and a weak attempt to round the goalkeeper yielding nothing.Andros Townsend came off the bench to double his England tally to two goals with a powerful left-footed strike in the 72nd. And Rooneys cross was inadvertently turned into his own goal by Della Valle.In their five matches, England has outscored San Marino 31-1. Youth NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale NFL White Jerseys Wholesale Stitched Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China ' ' '