The Washington Nationals’ epic Tuesday night comeback might have left them with a Wednesday afternoon hangover, as they looked sluggish and sloppy in an 8-4 loss to the New York Mets.
The Mets took two of three games in the series before a matinee crowd of 20,237 at Nationals Park.
The loss Wednesday afternoon came hours after the Nationals scored seven runs in the last of the ninth Tuesday night to beat the Mets 11-10 for the biggest ninth-inning comeback in team history.
Washington scored three in the sixth Wednesday off the hapless Mets bullpen to cut the deficit to 7-4 as Asdrubal Cabrera had an RBI single and Anthony Rendon drove in two more with a double.