Coming off back-to-back losses to the Nationals, one frustratingly lopsided and the other frustratingly close, the Mets didn’t announce which of their pitchers would start the third game of the four-game series until a few hours before first pitch. Robert Gsellman wound up getting the nod, and you’d be forgiven if the towering three-run home run he served up to Juan Soto in the top of the first inning had you wondering whether or not the game would be worth watching.
The Mets’ lineup, though, was having none of that, and it answered with four runs in the bottom of the first to quickly take the lead.