July comes to an end for the Mets (47-54) with a four-game series at home, as the Washington Nationals (43-59) come to town for a battle between the bottom two teams in the National League East.
The Mets are coming off a brief two-game series with the Yankees. In game one, the Amazins were lead by excellent performances from two players: Pete Alonso and Justin Verlander. The former—who had been in one of the worst slumps of his career just a week earlier—had two homers and five RBIs, while the latter—who has been on a solid stretch recently—tossed six scoreless innings.