One day after being officially eliminated from playoff contention, the Mets saw their strange 2020 season come to an end in humiliating fashion. Sunday’s 15-5 defeat at the hand of the Nationals was a bitter, perhaps fitting coda to a disappointing season—and the Wilpon era.
The Mets actually got off to an early lead in the top of the first Sunday afternoon. After Brandon Nimmo led off the game with an infield single, Pete Alonso—finally flashing his 2019 form over the last week of the season—followed with a long home run to left field.