Mets Inch Closer to Wild Card After Sweep of Nats

The New York Mets are inching closer toward one of the three open wild card slots in the National League, following a dominant 6-2 win over the Washington Nationals at Citi Field on Wednesday night.

As I wrote on Fox Sports New Jersey this week.

The Amazins road the right arm of veteran Luis Severino who delivered another stellar outing, allowing only two runs on four hits over 6.1 innings of work. After stumbling in his last outing at Pittsburgh, Severino delivered the kind of quality outing the Mets had seen from him throughout the month of June when he pitched to a 3.24 ERA for the month.

Meanwhile, Brandon Nimmo (like Francisco Lindor the night before) continued to make a case he was an All-Star snub when he launched a 440-foot home run to deep right that gave the Mets an early 1-0 lead.

At the same time, Jose Iglesias continues to make the case he could play daily (or at least platoon with Jeff McNeil) at second base. Iglesias who took the world by storm with his debut song “OMG,” which he sang at Citi Field a couple of weeks ago, had three hits, two RBI and two runs scored on Wednesday.

The 34-year veteran infielder is hitting .338 with the Amazins this season. He has brought leadership to the clubhouse, and his professionalism both defensively and with the bat have proven to be a major asset for the boys in Queens.

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