Christian Scott pitched into the seventh inning for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery and Luis Torrens hit a two-run homer Sunday, helping the surging New York Mets to a 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals and a three-game series sweep.<\/p>\n
Scott (4-3) gave up three runs and struck out seven, one shy of his career high, over 6 1\/3 innings — his longest outing since his big league debut on May 4, 2024, when went 6 2\/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays. The right-hander made eight more starts before having the reconstructive elbow surgery three months later.<\/p>\n
Kodai Senga earned his third save by striking out two in the ninth.<\/p>\n
Torrens’ 407-foot homer to straightaway center off Jake Irvin (2-7) put the Mets ahead for good in the fourth and was his fourth round-tripper in his last six starts. He had two homers in his first 67 games through Aug. 1.<\/p>\n
Jorge Polanco had an RBI groundout and Jared Young delivered a run-scoring double as the Mets swept a series for the second time in four tries since the trade deadline. New York, which is 9-5 in August, swept just two series prior to this month.<\/p>\n
Bo Bichette reached base in all four plate appearances via a triple, two singles and a walk. He is batting .315 since June 2.<\/p>\n
Keibert Ruiz had a pair of RBI singles and Abimelec Ortiz homered for the Nationals, who have lost 13 of 18.<\/p>\n
Irvin allowed four runs and struck out six in six innings.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Nationals LHP Jackson Kent (0-0, 6.75 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite RHP Cal Quantrill (4-4, 3.44) to kickoff a series at Texas.<\/p>\n
Mets RHP Nolan McLean (8-8, 3.42 ERA) pitches Monday against San Diego RHP Walker Buehler (7-5, 4.88) to open a three-game set.<\/p>\n