The Mets took a 9-0 lead after scoring in each of the first four innings, only to allow the Nationals to crawl back and tie the game on a two-run home run from Andrew Stevenson with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. A Francisco Lindor home run in the top of the ninth finally gave the Mets the needed separation as they won 11-9 in extras.
After the Mets scored two runs in the first inning, a Javy Báez home run kicked off a four-run second inning that developed as the Mets exploited defensive mistakes from Alcides Escobar and Josh Bell.