Brady House Crushes First Grand Slam, Nationals Bury Mets 14-2 and Make Their Nightmare Worse

The New York Mets are in free fall, and the Washington Nationals just gave them another shove down the stairs. Brady House launched his first career grand slam in a brutal seven-run fourth inning Wednesday night, and Washington rolled to a 14-2 victory at Citi Field in the middle game of a three-game series. The Nationals' 14 runs were a season-high. The Mets? They've now lost 16 of their last 19 games, their worst stretch since dropping 16 of 19 back in May and June of 2018.

A Fourth Inning That Broke the Mets

The Nationals turned the fourth inning into a nightmare for New York. David Peterson was cruising, giving up just one run, when things completely unraveled. Joey Wiemer's RBI infield single got things started, then James Wood drew a bases-loaded walk that forced home Daylen Lile to make it 4-1. Sean Manaea came in and plunked Curtis Mead to bring home Wiemer. Two pitches later, House crushed his grand slam to left-center and Washington had seven runs in the inning. The timing was brutal: the Mets had scored seven runs in the fourth themselves the night before in an 8-0 win, and now they were on the receiving end of that exact same pain.

The Nationals Piled It On

Washington didn't stop there. CJ Abrams added an RBI single in the sixth. In the seventh, Wood laced a two-run double and scored on Jacob Young's single. Mead, who came into the game with four three-hit games already on his resume, went deep in the ninth to cap off a four-hit performance. Abrams finished with three hits including an RBI single in the first, while Wood and Wiemer both had two hits.

Cade Cavalli (1-1) cruised to the win, allowing just two runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out 10, tying a career-high. He's now struck out 10 in back-to-back games.

The Mets got solo homers from Juan Soto (his second in two games) and an RBI single from MJ Melendez, but it wasn't close. Peterson took the loss (0-4), giving up seven runs on five hits and three walks over 3 1/3 innings.

The series continues Thursday. New York needs to find answers fast before this spiral gets any worse.

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