Mets Beat Nationals 12-6 Powered By Soto Three-Run homer and Six Run Fourth

 

Mets RF Juan Soto (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 12-6 at Citi Field tonight for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 80-74.

The Met offense got on the board immediately in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a single and two batters later, 1B Pete Alonso singled and then Lindor scored on an error by RF Dylan Crews.

After a scoreless bottom of the second, Lindor walked with two outs in the bottom of the third and then Soto followed with a single and Lindor advanced to third on another error by Crews. Alonso followed with a RBI single.

In the bottom of the fourth, Nimmo led off with a single and then DH Starling Marte followed with an infield hit. Catcher Francisco Alvarez then drove in Nimmo and Marte with a two-run double and 2B Brett Baty followed with a hit by pitch.

Lindor then drove in Alvarez with a RBI singe and Soto followed by delivering a three-run homer that went 419 feet to centerfield for his career-high 42th homer to break the game open.

In the bottom of the seventh, 2B Jeff McNeil led off with a single and then was replaced by pinch-runner Luisangel Acuna. Acuna then stole second and advanced to third on a grounder by Nimmo. Marte followed with a RBI ground-out.

In the bottom of the eighth, Lindor doubled with two outs and then Soto followed with an intentional walk and Alonso walked to load the bases.

Acuna followed with a based loaded walk to bring in a run and Nimmo followed with a two-run single.

RHP Brandon Sproat cruised through the first two innings, but then it fell apart in the top of the third due to poor defense.

Sproat gave up a lead-off walk to 3B Paul DeJung and then made a throwing error which led to a run.

 Sproat then gave up another walk to CF Jacob Young and was able to get LF James Wood to ground into a double play.

Sproat gave up a RBI double to the following hitter SS C.J. Abrams and a RBI double to 1B Josh Bell.

Sproat then gave up a RBI triple to DH Daylen Lile, bur was able to get the last out in the top of the fourth and was taken out after the inning.

Sproat's final line was four innings, four hits, four runs, two walks and five strikeouts.

RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next in the top of the fifth and gave up a lead-off single and then a two-run homer to Abrams and was taken out.

LHP Brooks Raley followed and picked up the last two outs in the top of the fifth and the first out in the top of the sixth and then came out. Raley picked up his second win.

RHP Ryan Stanek came in next and picked up the last two outs in the top of the sixth and was then taken out.

RHP Ryan Helsley followed with a 1-2-3 top of the seventh.

RHP Tyler Rogers came in next and threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Chris Devenski closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, September 20 at home against the Nationals at 4:10 p.m.