Washington jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the series opener in Citi Field, but Nationals’ starter Edwin Jackson imploded in a five-run fifth that made it a 6-6 game, and the New York Mets added a run on a ground-rule double to center field by Norichika Aoki in the sixth, and took the first of three with the 2017 NL East champions.
Adam Lind homered, hitting a three-run blast off Mets’ starter Robert Gsellman in the top of the third, 3-1, and Howie Kendrick (RBI single) and Victor Robles (two-run triple), put the Nationals up by five after four and a half before Aoki drove in a run with a RBI single in the bottom of the fifth, and scored on an RBI single by Asdrubal Cabrera, 6-3.