2 days Ago By Abbey Mastracco
WASHINGTON — After one of the hottest months in baseball, it suddenly feels like a battle of attrition for the . In the last week, the Mets have lost right fielder Starling Marte and right-handed reliever Drew Smith to injuries, and Monday in Washington, the Mets played without star outfielder Brandon Nimmo, who But J.D.
Martinez put the depleted Mets on his back and carried them once again. His 10th inning, three-run go-ahead bomb off right-hander Hunter Harvey spurred a six-run surge that led the Amazins’ to a 9-7 win over the Washington Nationals on Monday night at Nationals Park. The Mets (41-41) went down 2-0 in the third and went up 3-2 in the sixth before the Nats came back to tie it at 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth.
But the Mets poured it on in the 10th, picking up a big NL East win to start an eight-game road trip. Harvey (2-4) hit Harrison Bader with a pitch to put two on in the top of the 10th, putting two on for Martinez. The slugger fouled off three pitches before getting a hold of a splitter and sending it 420 feet to straightaway center for his 10th of the season.
The Mets didn’t stop there, with Tyrone Taylor hitting a double and Francisco Alvarez scoring him on a triple. Alvarez’s fly ball went 379 feet, nearly going the distance for a home run. Instead, it hit the bullpen fence, registering as his first career triple.
Jordan Weems came in to stop the bleeding for the Nats (39-45), only to give up a two-run homer to Jose Iglesias. Washington came ba.
