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More than twenty-four hours into the game, the Mets’ opener against the Nationals ended in an 8-7 win to end a four-game losing streak.
Carlos Carrasco started the game for the Mets on August 10, and he got off to a very rough start, letting the top two runners play before handing a three-run homerun to Juan Soto. His night was cut short following the suspension of the game due to rain, and Rich Hill took it over in the second inning. Hill also had his share of struggles, allowing three runs (in addition to allowing a runner inherited from Carrasco’s score) in three innings. Luckily for the Mets, the bullpen then came along and did an impressive job, with Jeurys Familia, Miguel Castro, Drew Smith, Trevor May and Edwin Diaz each pitching a scoreless inning.
More encouragingly, however, the Mets’ offense seemed much more powerful than it had been lately. Despite an early deficit, they recovered from a three-point deficit to tie the game with a run in first on a Dominic Smith RBI brace, then three in the third inning. They added extra runs in the fifth (on an RBI single from Michael Conforto) and seventh (on an RBI double from Pete Alonso), then made a final comeback by scoring two runs in the eighth (the first thanks to an error throwing by the pitcher on a bag bunt attempt from Jonathan Villar, and the second on a simple pinch from Brandon Drury). Thanks to the offensive explosion, the Mets finally put a win on the books and will now try for a second in Game 2 of the day.
Full recap to follow.
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