Nationals Dominate Mets, Set Season High

0:00On April 30th, Washington National straight dominated the New York Mets, 14-2 on a rainy Wednesday at City Field. Brady House put the cherry on top with his first career Grand Slam, capping a massive seven-run fourth inning that set the tone early. Curtis Mead was on fire, smashing a homer, collecting four of the Nats' 15 hits and crossing the plate four times. James Wood knocked in three runs and scored three, while CJ Abrams added three hits in two RBI's. The young squad bounced back big from an eight-nothing loss the night before, hitting a season high-end runs. On the mound, Katie Cavali delivered six strong innings, fanning ten batters to match his career best. He closed with the longest streak of 24 straight strikes in the majors this year, becoming the first nationals pitcher with double digit. Strikeouts and back-to-back starts since Mack Scherzer back in July of 2020. The Mets couldn't keep up, even with Juan Soto blasting his second straight homer against his old team and grabbing three hits.

1:01Starter, David Peterson got rocked for seven runs in three and two-thirds innings, and they surrendered their most runs of the season, dropping to ten, and twenty overall, while losing sixteen of their last nineteen. Fans booed amid a thin crowd in Queens. Nationals sit at eleven and seven on the road now, looking sharp heading into Thursday's finale, where Mets' righty Freddie Peralta takes on Washington's. Miles Mikolas, that's your New York Mets News today update. AI powered and always on.