Brandon Nimmo hit a three-run homer to cap a powerful nine-run fourth inning and Jose Quintana pitched seven excellent innings because the host New York Mets rolled to a 10-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night time.
The Mets (84-68) outscored the Nationals 20-1 within the last two video games of the three-game collection after eking out a 2-1 victory on Monday on a single by Starling Marte within the tenth. New York is tied with the Arizona Diamondbacks for the second Nationwide League wild-card spot, with each groups two video games forward of the Atlanta Braves for the third and last wild-card spot.
Quintana (10-9) benefited from robust run help for the second straight outing and allowed two hits and two walks to win his fourth straight begin. He struck out 4 and prolonged his scoreless streak to a career-best 22 2/3 scoreless innings.
Nimmo capped New York’s greatest inning this season together with his twentieth homer of the season however solely his second since Aug. 18. The left fielder reached 20 homers for the second straight season when he hit an 0-1 95-mph fastball from Jacob Barnes into the visiting bullpen past the right-center-field fence.
Nimmo began the body with a stroll, moved to second on Pete Alonso’s single and scored on a headfirst slide on a double by Tyrone Taylor to open the scoring.
Mark Vientos then hit a two-run single and rookie Luisangel Acuna delivered an RBI single for a 4-0 lead. After Jose Iglesias singled to increase his hitting streak to 12 video games to load the bases and chase Washington rookie starter DJ Herz (4-8), Marte lined a two-run single off Barnes for a 6-0 lead.
Acuna added his second profession homer within the eighth because the Mets improved to 9-1 of their previous 10 residence video games.
Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor missed a 3rd straight recreation with a decrease again harm that pressured early exits from two video games final weekend at Philadelphia.
Herz was rocked for a career-high seven runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings.
C.J. Abrams had each hits off Quintana for the Nationals (68-84), who dropped the ultimate six conferences within the season collection with the Mets.
–Discipline Stage Media