WASHINGTON — Brandon Nimmo hit a grand slam and matched a franchise record with nine RBIs, helping the New York Mets pound Washington Nationals 19-5 on Monday. Nimmo also hit a three-run drive in his seventh career multihomer game. The 32-year-old outfielder had four hits and scored four times after beginning the day with a .192 batting average.

Brandon Nimmo hit a grand slam and a three-run homer and finished with nine RBIs in the Mets' 19-5 destruction of the Nationals on Monday.

WTOP’s Dave Preston says the Washington Nationals, who are under .500 as April wraps up, might improve and find themselves in the coming months.

Washington erased a 7-1 deficit with five runs in the seventh and two in the ninth, with Luis García Jr.’s dribbler (and a Mets error) securing an 8-7 win.