T.J. Rivera finished 4-for-4, while Michael Conforto collected two hits and drove home a pair off Nats starter Joe Ross, who entered Sunday averaging 10.6 runs of support in his previous eight starts. He received just one in this one, on a Ryan Zimmerman sacrifice fly in the first inning.
For most of the afternoon, deGrom simply overpowered the Nationals, completing eight innings for the third time in five starts. His highlight was a game-tying home run off Ross in the third, one inning before Travis d'Arnaud's single gave the Mets their first lead of the series.