J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer within the high of the tenth inning Monday evening for the New York Mets, who held off the host Washington Nationals 9-7 within the opener of a four-game sequence.
After New York scored six instances within the tenth, Washington obtained 4 again within the backside of the inning however fell brief.
The Mets snapped a two-game shedding streak and moved again to .500 at 41-41 after profitable for the nineteenth time in 27 video games since Could 30. The Nationals have misplaced six of seven.
Washington almost gained the sport within the ninth, when high prospect James Wooden, making his main league debut, reached first and took second on a throwing error by Jake Diekman (2-2). Nonetheless, Wooden was stranded at third when Tyrone Taylor, who allowed Joey Meneses’ game-tying RBI double to skip by him within the eighth, made a lunging catch of Jacob Younger’s two-out liner to proper.
Hunter Harvey (2-4) hit Harrison Bader with a pitch to guide off the tenth earlier than Martinez snapped an 0-for-12 skid by homering to middle discipline. The Mets added much-needed insurance coverage when Francisco Alvarez laced a two-out RBI triple and Jose Iglesias adopted together with his first main league homer since July 13, 2022, when he was a member of the Colorado Rockies.
The Nationals mounted a rally within the backside half. Jesse Winker had an RBI double and Ildemaro Vargas laced a two-run double off Tyler Jay. Reed Garrett gave up a run-scoring single to Keibert Ruiz however he struck out Luis Garcia Jr., representing the potential profitable run, for his fourth save.
The Mets trailed 2-0 coming into the sixth, when Mark Vientos laced a two-out RBI single and Taylor reached on an error by shortstop CJ Abrams. Alvarez then hit a two-run double to offer New York a 3-2 lead.
Vientos, Bader and Alvarez had two hits apiece.
Harold Ramirez and Meneses had consecutive RBI singles within the third for the Nationals. Ruiz completed with three hits.
Wooden, a high prospect who was known as up from Triple-A Rochester earlier within the day, went 1-for-4 with a single in his first main league at-bat within the second inning.
Mets left-hander David Peterson gave up two runs on seven hits and one stroll whereas hanging out two over 6 1/3 innings.
Nationals southpaw MacKenzie Gore allowed one run on 5 hits and one stroll whereas hanging out eight over 5 2/3 innings.
–Discipline Degree Media