Mets Offense Stays Hot With 18 Hits In 13-6 Win Over Nationals

Mets 2B Javier Baez (Photo Credits to Greg Fiume-Getty Images) The New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 13-6 this afternoon in Washington D.C and improved their record to 69-68. The offesne got off to another fast start in the top of the first afte 3B Jonathan Villar led off with a double and SS Francisco Lindor followed with a walk. 1B Pete Alonso then singled to load the bases and RF Michael Conforto came through with a two-run single. 2B Javier Baez followed with a RBI single and LF Jeff McNeil then hit a sacrifice fly. Villar's torrid hitting continued after he hit a solo homer with one out in the top of the second. Baez hit a solo homer to lead off the top of the third. The bats didn't do much for the next feww innings until the top of the eighth after Baez led off with an infield hit and McNeil followed with a single. CF Kevin Pillar then singled to load the bases and catcher Parick Mazieka hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Baez. In the top of the ninth, Lindor led off with a solo homer and Alonso followed with a double. Conforto then hit a RBI single and then Baez followed with a single and McNeil walked to load the bases. Pillar then came up and broke the game open with a grand slam. RHP Taijuan Walker had a difficult bottom of the first after he gave up a lead-off homer to CF Lane Thomas and later in the inning a two-run homer to 1B Josh Bell. Walker settled down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the second, third and fourth, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth. He gave up three straight singles to load the bases and then allowed a two-run single to RF Juan Soto. Walker then gave up a wild pitch which tied the game 6-6. He then walked Bell and was taken out. His final line was 4.1 innings, 6 hits, 6 runs, 3 walks and 6 strikeouts. RHP Jeurys Familia came on and got out of a huge jam striking out 3B Carter Kieboom and after walking LF Andrew Stevenson to load the bases, Familia came back to strike out catcher Riley Adams to end the inning and keep the game tied. RHP Migeul Castro followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth. LHP Aaron Loup then threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh and picked up his fifth win. RHP Trevor May followed with a scoreless bottom of the eighth. RHP Yennsy Diaz closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth. The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon at the Nationals at 1:05 p.m.