Mets Sweep Nationals 9-2 Powered By McCann

Mets catcher James McCann (Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta-USA Today Sports)

 The New York Mets swept the Washington Nationals 9-2 at Citi Field this afternoon for their third consecutive win and closed out the regular season with a dominating record of 101-61.

The offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after catcher Francisco Alvarez walked with one out and two batters later, DH Daniel Vogelbach singled.

LF Mark Canha followed with a three-run homer.

In the bottom of the second, 3B Mark Vientos led off with a single and catcher James McCann followed with a single.

CF Terrence Gore followed with a sacrifice bunt and two batters later, Alvarez walked again to load the bases.

SS Francisco Lindor came up next and broke the game open with a three-run double.

In the bottom of the third, Canha led off with a single and then 3B Luis Guillorme followed with a single.

Catcher James McCann came up next and capped off the scoring with a three-run homer.

RHP Mychal Givens made his return from the injured list today and made his first career start as an opener and threw a scoreless top of the first.

RHP Trevor Williams followed in the top of the second and retired the first 10 hitters he faced.

Williams ran into trouble in the top of the fifth with a two-run homer by CF Alex Call.

Williams was able to settle down with scoreless innings in the top of the sixth and seventh and was taken out after the seventh.

His final line was six innings, six hits, two runs, 0 walks and six strikeouts.

He picked up his third win.

RHP Trevor Williams came in next and threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

LHP Joely Rodriguez closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.

The Mets next game will be their first postseason game in six years on Friday, October 7th at home against the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of the Wild Card series beginning at 8:07 p.m.