Mets destroy Nationals with huge nine-run inning to maintain position in NL wild-card race
NY Post
The schedule says the Mets have 10 more regular season games left.
According to Brandon Nimmo, that’s not the case.
“I’m pretty much convinced now we’re not in the regular season anymore,” Nimmo said after the Mets completed a three-game sweep of the Nationals with a 10-0 win on Wednesday. “We’re in playoff baseball. Every win is extremely important. It decides if we keep playing or not.”
The Mets used a nine-run fourth inning to put this one away, sparked by a two-run single by Mark Vientos and capped by Nimmo’s three-run homer.
With the Yankees on an impressive run of mostly correct decisions, there’s some reason to leave them alone and just let the best team in the American League continue to roll. But they did raise serious doubt and leave room for suggestions (and even ridicule) following maybe the most inexplicable decision of this season, or any season.
The Giants have never been 0-2 under Brian Daboll, until now. They were 2-0 and flying high in 2022 and 1-1 after a rousing comeback in Arizona in 2023. So, this represents a low point as far as early-season difficulties for Daboll and the Giants. They had no business beating the Vikings in the opener and no business losing to the Commanders in Week 2. But here they are.