Lindor's 409-Foot Blast Breaks It Open, Mets Roll 4-1

Francisco Lindor's 409-foot home run to left in the sixth inning swung New York's win probability from 36% to 55% and cracked open a game Washington had been leading. The Mets never looked back, scoring three runs across the sixth and seventh to put the Nationals away, 4-1.

Washington actually drew first blood. Brady House singled to center in the third, scoring Abrams and giving the Nationals a 1-0 lead that held for three full innings. Robert Stock was navigating trouble — 3 walks and 3 hits allowed across 4.1 innings — but the Mets' offense hadn't found its footing yet. Andrew Alvarez, meanwhile, was keeping New York honest: 5.2 innings, just 2 hits, 2 earned runs, 4 strikeouts. On paper, Washington had a real chance to steal this one.

Then the sixth happened, and it happened fast. Lindor launched one 409 feet to left to tie it at 1, and the win probability flipped — 36% to 55% in a single swing. The inning wasn't done. Carson Benge singled to right, scoring Bichette and pushing New York ahead 2-1. Two runs, one inning, game turned. The story of the night was how quickly the Mets converted a deficit into a lead without ever needing a big rally — just two sharp, well-timed hits.

The seventh sealed it. Jared Young went deep to right center — 408 feet — to make it 3-1, and then Bichette singled to center to score Torrens and push it to 4-1. Young and Lindor each went 1-for-their-respective-trips with a home run and an RBI; Bichette quietly drove in a run and scored one himself. Jonathan Pintaro came on in relief and threw 2 clean innings — 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 2 strikeouts — to close the door. House's 2-for-3 with an RBI was the lone bright spot for Washington, but it looks like the Nationals simply ran out of answers once the Mets' middle of the order woke up. Four runs on five hits isn't a blowout, but it felt like one by the seventh.