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05/20 20:26 CDT CJ Abrams and Jacob Young homer as Nationals return to .500
with 8-4 defeat of Mets
CJ Abrams and Jacob Young homer as Nationals return to .500 with 8-4 defeat of
Mets
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) --- CJ Abrams hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Jacob
Young added a two-run shot in the eighth and the Washington Nationals returned
to .500 for the second time since the season's first week Wednesday night with
an 8-4 victory over the New York Mets.
Andrew Alvarez earned the Nationals' first four-inning save since they
relocated from Montreal in 2005. Washington improved to 25-25 after getting to
23-23 on Saturday before consecutive losses.
Juan Soto homered twice for the last-place Mets (21-28). It was the 29th
multi-homer game for Soto, who came up with the Nationals and has 12 home runs
and 26 RBIs in 35 career games against Washington.
The $765 million slugger has five homers in his last seven games overall.
Washington pounced quickly on left-hander Zach Thornton, who made his major
league debut for New York. After Curtis Mead singled with one out and Andrs
Chaparro walked, Abrams ripped a cutter just over the wall in right-center for
his 10th home run.
Keibert Ruiz added an RBI single to beat a drawn-in infield in the second
against Thornton (0-1), who allowed four runs in 4 1/3 innings while striking
out three.
Zack Littell (3-4) allowed Brett Baty's run-scoring single in the second, and
Soto's solo shot in the third brought the Mets to 4-2. Littell then retired
seven of the next eight hitters to get through five innings. He allowed two
runs and struck out three.
The right-hander was 0-4 with a 7.85 ERA in his first six appearances with
Washington. In four games since, he is 3-0 with a 2.55 ERA.
Alvarez yielded Soto's two-run homer in the eighth, but didn't allow any other
runners past first in his four-inning outing to earn his first career save.
Anthony Telford had the franchise's previous four-inning save for the Montreal
Expos in 1999.
Up next Washington RHP Cade Cavalli (1-2, 4.05 ERA) starts the finale of the four-game series Thursday against LHP David Peterson (2-4, 5.40). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next Washington RHP Cade Cavalli (1-2, 4.05 ERA) starts the finale of the four-game series Thursday against LHP David Peterson (2-4, 5.40). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
