MARK Canha had two run-producing hits in the Mets’ eight-run fifth inning as New York won 8-2 to forge a split of Sunday’s (Monday in Manila) results against the host Washington Nationals.
Mets starter Max Scherzer (3-2), who hadn’t pitched since May 3 because of neck spasms, held the Nationals to one run in five innings. He allowed two hits, walked two and struck out six.
In the fifth, Canha’s double and Brandon Nimmo’s single accounted for the first two runs.
The other six runs came after Washington got the second out. Canha’s second hit of the inning, a single, produced the eighth run. He finished 3-for-4 as the Mets won for just the fifth time in their last 15 games.
The Nationals scored in the second inning on CJ Abrams’ double and added a run in the eighth on Abrams’ single. — Field Level Media
