A day removed from all of the trade deadline rumors and drama it was back to business for the Washington Nationals, who put a late-game rally together, scoring five in the ninth after they’d been shut out for eight innings in what ended up a 9-5 loss to the New York Mets in the nation’s capital.
Keibert Ruiz and Lane Thomas homered, Josh Palacios, Ildemaro Vargas, Victor Robles, and then Luis García all singled, as the offense finally connected for six of the club’s 13 hits in the game after Mets’ starter Chris Bassitt’s seven scoreless in which he gave up just six hits.