Coming off a 2-11 stretch against the Dodgers and Giants that basically ended their season, the Mets entered this series against the lowly and decimated Nationals in their lowest point of the season. They lost the first game of the series, making things look even more dire than they had, but an uplifting win Saturday night helped get some good feelings back that they looked to carry into in the rubber game of the series.
They’d send Tylor Megill to the mound to do so, coming off the worst start of his career. He had a nice rebound performance, allowing just two runs in five innings on a Josh Bell two-run homer in the fourth inning.