Mets wait out rain and beat Nationals 8-7

Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports Coming into Monday’s series opener against the Nationals, the Mets had scored just seven runs in the past four games. In other words, things have not been going very well for the team’s bats, as has been the case for a large portion of this season. But in the series opener against the Nationals, the offense broke out with some big hits and some hard-fought comebacks to lead to an 8-7 victory.

Carlos Carrasco started the game for the Mets on Monday. After largely pitching well in short outings in his first two starts of the season, the hope no doubt was for Cookie to pitch deeper into the game and stretch his pitch count out. Alas, fate had other plans. His night…