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The New York Mets hosted the Washington Nationals at Citi Field on Tuesday evening looking to improve upon their current four-game winning streak. The Mets offense got up early and often, paving their way to their fifth straight victory, this one by the score of 10-0. The victory brought the win column to twice the amount as the loss column at 34-17.

Mark Canha was penciled into the leadoff spot for the night, filling in for Brandon Nimmo while he continues to rest his sore wrist. Canha got things started with a base hit in the first inning, followed up by a two-run blast off the bat of Starling Marte to dead center field, where a young father made a one-handed snag while also holding on to his infant child. Nationals’ starter Patrick Corbin was greeted instantly with the bats from Queens.

In the third inning, Corbin would run into some more trouble with the bases loaded and two outs. Luis Guillorme stepped up to the plate with runners in scoring position and seemed to get hit in the hand with a pitch. The play was called a hit-by-pitch allowing a run to score, but after Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez challenged the call, it was overturned. It would have been Guillorme’s first hit-by-pitch of his career. Instead, Guillorme slapped a single into left field allowing both Pete Alonso and J.D. Davis to score, bringing the Mets lead to four.

Trevor Williams received the start for the Mets this time through and turned in his second straight solid start. Williams did exactly what the team needed him to do, tossing five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out one. Sixty percent of his pitches were thrown for strikes, inducing soft outs time and again. Williams earned his first win on the season. The only time he ran into any issues was from two throwing errors by Alonso in the early innings, ironically enough coming on the day Dominic Smith was optioned to AAA Syracuse.

The Mets offense got things going again in the fifth. Jeff McNeil and Eduardo Escobar began the inning with a single each. Tomás Nido ripped a line drive that bounced off of Corbin’s glove to drop in for an infield hit, loading the bases for Canha, who shot a double down the right field line, allowing two runs to score.

Francisco Lindor continued his RBI streak two batters later, extending the streak to nine straight games by lifting a line drive right over the glove of César Hernández. The Mets offense put the game out of reach in the fifth inning by scoring four runs, putting them up 8-0.

Corbin was pulled from the game after 4 and 1/3 innings of work. He allowed seven earned runs on twelve hits and two walks while striking out six Mets’ hitters.

Escobar ripped a two-run homer down the left field line in the sixth inning, improving the Mets lead to double digits. McNeil reached safely with a base hit prior to the four-bagger. (He collected three more hits tonight and is on pace for a career-high in hits.)

The Mets are now 27-4 when scoring four or more runs in a game in 2022. Their high-impact offense paired with solid pitching has led them to a National League-leading win-loss record. Showing off their power, the Mets have now homered in eight straight games. They have won seven of their last ten games.

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Player of the Game: Mark Canha

Canha jumped into the leadoff spot bat-first. He was locked in all night, and really the past few weeks overall. He finished the night with four hits, two RBI and two runs. Mets’ leadoff hitters not named Brandon Nimmo are now hitting over .450 this season. Canha was a catalyst for the offense in their wide-margined victory.

On Deck

The Mets finish up their three game set against the Washington Nationals Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. Carlos Carrasco will take the hill in attempt to earn their second sweep of the season, which would also make it back-to-back series sweeps within the division. The Nationals have yet to name a starting pitcher for Wednesday’s matchup.