WASHINGTON -- Ever since he left them, Daniel Murphy has been making life miserable for the Mets.Murphy homered twice, tormenting his former team yet again, and the Washington Nationals completed a three-game sweep of New York with 4-2 victory Wednesday night.Max Scherzer (9-5) cruised against New Yorks sputtering offense, allowing two hits with 10 strikeouts over 7 1/3 shutout innings. He retired 18 in a row before Brandon Nimmos single in the eighth and finished with at least 10 strikeouts for the fourth straight outing.The sweep dropped New York six games behind first-place Washington in the NL East.Murphy homered off Logan Verrett (3-5) in the second for a 1-0 lead and golfed a two-run drive in the eighth against reliever Sean Gilmartin.Rather than acknowledge any extra motivation against the Mets, Murphy simply described them as division opponents.Its just obvious he wants to beat them up, Scherzer said.Murphy is batting .428 (15 for 35) with four home runs and 11 RBI against New York. He signed a $37.5 million, three-year contract with Washington last offseason after spending his first seven seasons with the Mets and powering them into the World Series last year with a record-setting postseason.He is very familiar with the Mets, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. He has no ill feelings against the Mets, but he certainly wants to beat them.The second baseman matched his career high with 14 homers and helped Washington win its fourth in a row.I dont know, Murphy said about his power surge. They just keep going over the fence.The Mets went 23 innings without scoring before James Loneys two-run homer in the ninth off Shawn Kelley.Were just not even giving ourselves chances, manager Terry Collins said.Kelley got four outs for his fourth save. He threw a called third strike past Nimmo with a runner on second to end it.New York lost 5-0 in Tuesdays rain-interrupted matchup after dropping the series opener 11-4.I know its only June, but anytime you can sweep your divisional opponents, thats huge, Scherzer said.Scherzer walked Kelly Johnson in the second, the same inning in which Asdrubal Cabrera registered New Yorks first hit. The Mets didnt reach base again until Nimmos hit on the final pitch from Scherzer, who left to a standing ovation.Pinch-hitter Curtis Granderson singled off reliever Oliver Perez, giving New York two baserunners. Kelley, Washingtons fourth pitcher of the inning, struck out Alejandro De Aza with the potential tying runs in scoring position to end the eighth.Making a spot start because Steven Matz was pushed back a day, Verrett lost his fifth straight decision. He allowed two runs and four hits, including Murphys long drive that landed in the second deck, with four walks over five innings.Jayson Werths sacrifice fly scored Danny Espinosa for a 2-0 lead in the third.Yoenis Cespedes struck out three times against Scherzer, who lost 2-0 at the Mets on May 17 despite compiling 10 strikeouts.Obviously, you wanted to come in here and have different results, Granderson said. Youve still got a lot games to play plus a lot of games against this team and everybody else in our division.MAD MAXScherzer struck out at least 10 for the seventh time this year and the 43rd time in his career. He went 4-1 with a 1.96 ERA in six June starts.THE GRANDY MAN CANGranderson was a late scratch from the starting lineup one day after being removed from Tuesdays game with right calf tightness.TRAINERS RMMets: RHP Noah Syndergaard, who struggled in Mondays opener, confirmed he has a bone spur in his elbow. He called it pretty insignificant.Nationals: RHP Jonathan Papelbon (right intercostal strain) threw around 30 pitches during a simulated game at Nationals Park. 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