Tuesday evening started off badly enough for the Mets when the team revealed that Robinson Cano was heading to the IL and Jeff McNeil and Amed Rosario were both day-to-day. Unfortunately, things did not get any better from there, as poor starting pitching and poor clutch hitting resulted in a 5-3 loss in the series opener against the Washington Nationals.
The bad energy from the pregame carried over into an inauspicious start to the game, which featured a battle of southpaws as Steven Matz went up against Patrick Corbin.