Brady House grand slam leads Nationals to 14‑2 rout of Mets

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Brady House capped a seven-run fourth inning with his first career grand slam and the Washington Nationals routed the New York Mets 14-2 on a rainy Wednesday night at Citi Field.

Curtis Mead homered and had four of Washington’s 15 hits, scoring four times. James Wood drove in three runs and scored three. CJ Abrams added three hits and two RBIs. The Nationals set a season high for runs, rebounding from an 8-0 loss Tuesday and improving to 14-17.

Cade Cavalli earned the win, allowing two earned runs on eight hits with 10 strikeouts over six innings. David Peterson took the loss, falling to 0-4. Juan Soto homered for the Mets, who dropped to 10-20.

Washington scored two in the first, seven in the fourth, one in the sixth, three in the seventh and one in the ninth. The Mets scored single runs in the third and fifth. Attendance was 32,624. Time of game was 2:51.