{"id":36619,"date":"2020-08-13T04:14:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=36619"},"modified":"2020-08-13T04:14:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:14:46","slug":"mets-nationals-08122020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/08\/13\/mets-nationals-08122020\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Bats Explode In 11-6 Victory Over Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

FLUSHING, NY, August 12th – The New York Mets<\/a> hit three home runs and the bullpen pitched seven strong innings en route to an 11-6 victory over the Washington Nationals<\/a>. Both starting pitchers were bad in this game combining to throw four and two-thirds innings giving up eight runs on 10 hits. The Mets are 8-11 on the season, three and a half games behind the first-place Miami Marlins<\/a>. The Nationals at 6-8 are three games out of first.<\/p>\n

Crazy First Inning<\/h2>\n

Trea Turner<\/a><\/strong> doubled leading off the game and was followed by an infield single by Adam Eaton<\/a><\/strong>. After a Starlin Castro<\/a><\/strong> fly out Juan Soto<\/a><\/strong> deposited a Robert Gsellman<\/a><\/strong> pitch deep into the rightfield bleachers giving the Nationals a 3-0 lead. Gsellman, who hadn’t thrown a pitch since last August 11th, and was making his first start since September 27th, 2017 was understandingly rusty.<\/p>\n

In the bottom of the inning, the Mets answered the Nationals in a big way. Brandon Nimmo<\/a><\/strong> led off the inning hitting a home run to rightfield off the Chick-Fil-A sign. This was the fifth career leadoff home run for Nimmo. Nationals starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez<\/a><\/strong> retired the next two Mets batters but hit Michael Conforto<\/a><\/strong> on a 2-2 pitch. The Mets would string together three straight hits to take the lead 4-3. Pete Alonso<\/a><\/strong> doubled in Conforto. Dominic Smith<\/a><\/strong> doubled in Alonso and Andres Gimenez<\/a><\/strong> singled in Smith.<\/p>\n