The Mets began their final home series against the Nationals on Friday night. They had rookie pitcher Brandon Sproat on the mound, facing the Nationals rookie Andrew Alvarez, who had looked pretty good in the first three games of his career.

The first inning went well for Sproat, retiring the Nationals in order with two strikeouts (including one very laborious ten pitch strikeout of CJ Abrams). The bottom of the first had the Mets striking early. Francisco Lindor led off with a single, and after Juan Soto struck out, Pete Alonso got a single of his own. And after a fielding error by Dylan Crews, Lindor was able to score from first for the Mets first run of the game. Mark Vientos grounded into a double play to end the inning but the Mets had the early lead.

The second was quiet for both t

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