Sale said Monday that he is back to 100 percent, and he deflected questions about the illness that melted even more weight away from his 6-foot-6, 180-pound frame.
Wright was drafted by the Mets and has spent his entire career with them. For years he's been the face of the franchise for a team that often sorely needed the positive image he always portrayed.
The Nationals fell to 64-66 -- they've already lost more games than they dropped last year in going 97-65 to take their second consecutive NL East title.
Even reliever Jerry Blevins got his first career hit, a line-drive RBI single. 'There's nothing better,' he said. 'It's something you dream about as a kid.'