The Mets simply annihilated the last-place Nationals in their series finale in D.C. this afternoon, winning 9-5 to take two of three games in the series. It was a nice rebound fro a lackluster performance on Tuesday night in Jacob deGrom’s long-awaited return from the injured list.
While the Mets have score a lot of runs without hitting a ton of home runs this year, this game was fully decided on two swings. Pete Alonso hit a two-run shot in the top of the third to open the scoring, and in the top of the fifth, Daniel Vogelbach hit a grand slam to put the Mets up 6-0 and effectively seal the victory.