Mets magic?
More like voodoo. This pretty much went beyond rational belief.
For seven innings, the Mets offense could not even have been called lifeless for fear of insulting cadavers. They had two hits. They were down two runs and were two innings away from being swept at home by the Nationals.
So they erupted for nine eighth-inning runs. NINE. Yoenis Cespedes cracked his sixth career grand slam, but the even bigger hits were a two-run single by Todd Frazier that tied the score and a two-run pinch-hit double by Juan Lagares that provided the lead.