Carlos Mendoza, David Peterson and Brandon Nimmo following Mets sweep of Nationals, move into 3rd wild card spot
The same club that was 11 games under .500 as recently as June 2 became a would-be playoff team on July 11.
“We believe we’re a really good team. We want to be buyers at the end of this month,” said Brandon Nimmo, whose bases-clearing double in the fifth broke open a scoreless game. “And we believe we’re not that far off from being serious contenders. We’ve been playing really good baseball. We want to continue to do that.”Nationals vs. Mets prediction: MLB odds, picks, best bets for ThursdayOn June 2, just 5 ¹/₂ weeks ago, the Mets were the third-worst team in the National League.
Peterson’s trouble arrived in the second inning, when the Nationals put runners on the corners without an out.The lefty missed the first two months of the season following offseason hip surgery, but he wants his year to extend into October.“We want to be in the postseason,” said Peterson, who has allowed two or fewer earned runs in seven of his first eight starts. “We want all of that stuff.”
The Mets poured it on from there, Martinez and Pete Alonso coming through with RBI hits before they scored two more in the eighth, when Mark Vientos and Harrison Bader added RBI singles.
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