Jeff McNeil laced a walk-off double within the tenth inning because the New York Mets rallied for a 5-4 win over the visiting Washington Nationals on Tuesday evening within the opener of a three-game sequence.
The Mets trailed 3-0 and 4-2 earlier than incomes their fourth straight win and thirteenth victory of their final 16 video games.
McNeil had an RBI single within the second and Juan Soto homered within the third earlier than the Mets tied the sport with two outs within the eighth. Soto drilled a run-scoring double towards Jose Ferrer and raced residence on Pete Alonso’s single off Kyle Finnegan.
After Reed Garrett (2-2) tossed a hitless tenth to strand automated runner CJ Abrams, McNeil doubled on the primary pitch from Cole Henry (0-1) to drive in pinch-runner Luisangel Acuna.
Soto completed 2-for-4 and is batting .378 with 4 homers, eight RBIs and a .549 on-base share in his final 11 video games.
Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-run homer within the first whereas Abrams laced an RBI double and delivered a homer within the fifth for the Nationals, who fell to 2-6 this month.
Abrams additionally doubled main off the sport and completed 3-for-5. The three extra-base hits tied a season and career-high for Abrams, who hit two homers and a double in a 10-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Might 18. He’s the primary shortstop this season to provide three extra-base hits twice.
Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore, who was traded to Washington together with Abrams and beginning outfielders James Wooden and Robert Hassell III within the blockbuster deal that despatched Soto to the San Diego Padres in 2022, allowed two runs on 5 hits whereas hanging out six over six innings.
Wooden was 1-for-4 Tuesday whereas Hassell completed 0-for-4.
Mets starter Griffin Canning gave up 4 runs on seven hits and two walks whereas hanging out 4 over 5 1/3 innings.
–Area Degree Media
