Mets vs. Nationals Game Highlights (6/4/24) | MLB Highlights

There. He is DJ H 23 years of age out of Fayetteville, North Carolina eighth round pick of the Cubs back in 2019. Nats got him in the Jer Candelario deal last summer and here he is for his big league debut and cracks one to left field coming toward the line is Winer. He won't get it. It bounces by him into the wall on his way to second wicker trying to track it down, takes a wide turn and holds at second base with a lead off double. So another productive first inning at bat for Francisco Lindor his 14th double of the year and the Mets are off and running two men away and Lior goes to third and now JD Martinez who swinging the bow well, gets weak contact, a busted bat on a ground ball to short and DJ hers puts up a zero in his first major league innings. Working out of a jam after the leadoff double, David Peterson from the hip surgery makes his second start of the year and a double play ball hit to short by Meneses out at second Iglesias to first and just like that, Peterson through the opening inning with the 6 to 4 to 3 double play. No score. Jose Iglesias made his second start for the Mets last night. He will lead off against EJ hers in the top of the third swing and a foul tip held by Ruiz. He struck him out, Nito batting at 225 to 3 homers lines, one to left field and he's got the Mets second hit of the night to Nito who's been swinging the bat better lately, Gordon with one out. And now who again is aside from Nito, the only one to reach base against hers and poke the other way and he's got a base hit. Pulls in at second is 2 to 2. That time taken one the other way is Alonzo and he flies one into shallow center field and Jacob Young comes in a few strides. Pete's struggles here in DC continue now 0 to 7 in the series two out, two out and two on for Brand Nimmo who hit a comebacker his first time up and it's up and in ball four and that will load the bases. Hers got ahead in the count and lost Nimmo to a walk. That's his first walk of the game and JD Martinez will get to bat against the, with the bases full 95 at the knees and DJ works out of another jam, a confident 23 year old Jacob Young draws a walk and now we go back to the top of the order for the lefty shortstop CJ Abrams Abrams, a line drive to center that will get down in front of Bader. Jacob Young will stop at second with two outs and the Nets have their first hit. The Young walk, the Abrams single and there's two on for lane Thomas grounded to short and has got it. His throw will be to first in time to get Thomas and that retires aside. And so the Mets got a leadoff baserunner in the fourth Vientos over Ruiz to the backstop and that will get Marte down to second base. Pops it up, Ruiz trying to find it has a beat on it and a big first out there for dj hurt one on one out. Here's Harrison badder and badder drives one out to left center field and state back goes wicker near the and it's out of Harrison Bader with a two run homer to put the Mets in front, snuck right over the 377. Mary left right above a leaping Winker and the Mets finally do score against the rookie. This one's lined to third off Sanz's glove pops up and drops behind him in field as it falls. Iglesias gets to second base. Jesse Winker was late coming in from left and Iglesias never stopped running. So give Iglesias, you'd say a double on this play. Here's Neto with a runner at second base. Now, a line drive to CJ S. Right. And they've got Iglesias trapped well done by the national shortstop. Senzel back to Vargas to Abrams. They tag out Iglesias and they keep the batter runner nito at first and this is golf in the air to right field. Thomas back on it to the warning track. He's got the room and he makes the catch to end the inning. Alonzo Nimmo Martinez up for the Mets here in inning number five and he pulls one over the third base bag nice play by Senzel throwing to first and a close play and he beats it out despite a great stretch by Gallo with a very difficult throw to make after picking that up on the backhand, got it there on target just a shade too late. Here's Nimmo who is 0 to 1 on a walk and he drives one to center field for a base hit Alonso to second. He will stop there as young scoops it up. So back to back base hits for New York and the first two men on in the 5th, 23 year old left hander will go four plus in his big league debut. Struck out three showed some impressive stuff. He'll walk off to a nice ovation here in National park. Fifth inning now falls to Derrick law, first guy out of the Nationals bullpen tonight. One away. Now, Marte who's flied out and walked that's lined the other way, fair ball going down the right field line. Alonzo will score. Nimmo racing for third. It gets by Thomas in the corner. Nimmo is going to score as well. Marte heading for third. He's in standing with a two run triple and the Mets have a 4 to 0 lead second triple of the year for Marte as he goes the other way and drives home a pair. Marte has a Knack to do that balls up. He stays level, got beat just a little bit but stays level and gets the fat of the bat on the ball. Enough fat hits a bullet down the line and vents flies it out to left. They're not going to run in at least that goes wicker of the track to jump and make the catch and Marte will walk on in with the third run of the inning. So beos with the sacrifice fly drives in the 11th run and the Mets now have a 5 to 0 lead weaker standing on second base, two men away. Jacob Young will be the batter. Nats have not gotten anything going against Peterson. There it is. Jacob Young delivers again with runners in scoring position. Winker in to score. Nats have their first run off David Peterson. They start their comeback bid. It's 5 to 1. Welcome back, Jacob Young, four seamer outside part of the plate. Just go with it. Let's catch a break here in the sixth and we'll bring up nick Senzel with a man on rounded down to third bes with the diving stop throwing from his knees on a hot, he's not quite in time. Let's see if they challenge very close play. First base umpire Chad Fairchild called him safe and the Mets are going to challenge the call. I tell you what if he's out. This is a heck of a play. I didn't think that Vientos was going to have to leave his feet. But once he did, he made a terrific throw from his knees after runner New York retains their and that's it sharply. But Lenda slides over in front of it and he throws out Vargas another one pitch out for Peterson as he continues to roll through six up 5 to 1. Nimmo who has been on base twice tonight with a walk and a single to center. He scored a run. Nimmo hits a ground ball base hit. Nimmo has got his second hit of the night. He bangs another one up the middle on base for the third time. One out and one on here is JD Martinez. He drives that one over the head of Abrams in left field day, keeps the doctor away nine game hitting streak. Now for JD Martinez sure does 1st and 2nd for Mart-n Laws pitch, the runner goes to third Nemo dives in safely without a throw and they get a ground ball to short Abrams. Vargas still have to be quick and they are just what the doctor ordered for Derek law. So Winker head down to first base as a leadoff baserunner, Ruiz zero for two with a couple of ground balls as Winker takes off the throw gets away from Alonso at first they had Winker picked off but Alonso couldn't hold it. Here is Gallo Gallo. First pitch swinging, it goes off the bag that will get into right field and play. Jesse Winker. Gallo has to hustle back to first as the throw came in for Marte Nats get a couple gifts here in the seventh. They've cut the deficit to three. Joey back up the delivered a run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth and he dribbles that one to third. He'll get a hit out of this perhaps safe. So he'll take an infield hit a few of those. He is the king of the dribbler down the third base line. Another dribbler to third. Sano is going to have to hurry and Bader beats it out. How about that? Back to back Dribbles to third for infield hits first fo and now Bader DJ Stewart started the day before yesterday. That's here with 1st and 3rd and 1 out ground ball to second Vargas Abrams over to Gallo to turn the 4 to 63 and to get Jacob Barnes out of the eighth inning. Alonso 1 to 4. An infield hit a run scored back in the fifth and struck out twice. Flied to center. That's driven deep to left by Alonso and that is way gone. What a shot from Pete Alonso to put the icing on in the ninth, an enormous home run for Alonso his 14th of the year to make it 6 to 2 New York man. Did he crush that? Hit it 100 and 12 miles an hour. It went 446 ft. So after a leadoff walk, Garrett bounces back to strike out the next two. Young to right field. Yet again, Ricky Gutierrez going to wave home Jesse Winker and Jacob Young three for 32 runs driven in. It's outside ball four this with a fastball and the Nationals have runners on 1st and 2nd 2 out fly ball center field angling. It is Bader. He's calling and they come together and they catch the ball and the ball game is over and crisis averted. Well, it's never easy folks. Is it? And the Mets once again can exhale.