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| Mets LF Nick Plummer (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-USA Today Sports) |
The New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 13-5 tonight at Citi Field for their fourth consecutive win and improved their record to 33-17.
The offense got off to another fast start in the bottom of the first after 2B Luis Guillorme led off with a single and RF Starling Marte followed with a single.
SS Francisco Lindor then hit a RBI single and 1B Pete Alonso walked to load the bases.
DH Jeff McNeil then came up and grounded into a double play and brought in Marte for the second run of the inning.
In the bottom of the second, CF Mark Canha led off with a single and LF Nick Plummer followed with a RBI double.
Two batters later, Guillorme hit a RBI single to score Plummer and then Marte hit a two-run homer.
In the following inning, Canha walked with one out and then two batters later catcher Tomas Nido singled.
Guillorme followed with a walk to load the bases and the next hitter Marte delivered a two-run single.
SS Francisco Lindor followed with a RBI single.
In the bottom of the fourth, 3B Eduardo Escobar singled with one out and then Canha hit a single.
Plummer came up next and continued his strong start with a three-run homer, his second career homer in his second game.
The bats did not much for the next three innings, but in the bottom of the eighth 1B Pete Alonso capped off the scoring barrage with a solo homer, his thirteenth homer of the season.
The offense exploded for a total of 13 runs on 16 hits with three homers.
LHP David Peterson had a rough top of the first after he loaded the bases and then gave up a two-run single to 1B Josh Bell and then a sacrifice fly to LF Lance Thomas.
Peterson settled down after that with scoreless innings in the top of the second, third and fourth, but ran into trouble in the top of the fifth after he gave up a lead-off single to 2B Cesar Hernandez and then walked catcher Keibert Ruiz.
Peterson then got RF Juan Soto to fly out and struck out pinch-hitter Yadiel Hernandez, but then gave up a RBI single to Bell and walked Thomas and was then taken out.
His final line was 4.2 innings, 6 hits, 4 runs, 4 walks and one strikeout.
RHP Colin Holderman came in next and retired 3B Maikel Franco on a pop-up to end the inning.
Holderman stayed in for the top of the sixth and gave up a one-out triple to SS Alcides Escobar and then gave up a RBI single to the next hitter 2B Cesar Hernandez, but was able to get out of the inning with allowing just the one run.
His final line was 1.1 innings. 2 hits, 1 run and 1 strikeout.
He picked up his second win.
LHP Chasen Shreve then threw a scoreless top of the seventh.
RHP Stephen Nogosek closed it out with scoreless innings in the top of the eighth and ninth innings.
The Mets next game is at home against the Nationals tomorrow night, Tuesday May 31th at 7:10 p.m.
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