Andy Marlin/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
Pete Alonso and Robinson Cano hit back-to-back home runs to begin the eighth, and Keon Broxton lined a run-scoring single later in the inning, lifting the Mets over the Washington Nationals, 6-5, on Saturday at Citi Field.
The unlikely cleanup man J. D. Davis hit two home runs and Michael Conforto also connected for the Mets (6-2).
Anthony Rendon hit a leadoff home run and Wilmer Difo added a two-run shot in the top of the eighth, putting Washington ahead, 5-3. Both drives came off reliever Jeurys Familia (2-0), who had never given up two home runs in a game.