The Washington Nationals and New York Mets will continue their four-game set tonight, entering the day tied at one game apiece. Both teams will be pitching someone named Zack (though the Mets’ is spelled Zach), as it will be Littell for the Nats against the debuting Zach Thornton.

The Nationals dug themselves into an early hole Wednesday night, allowing five runs through the first two innings before clawing their way back for a 9-6 comeback win over the Mets. Foster Griffin struggled early, surrendering a pair of home runs and five earned runs over as many innings, but settled in enough to save the bullpen. After Griffin left, Washington’s relief corps took over, combining for four innings while allowing just one run (a solo homer by Juan Soto) to keep the game under control after the Nationals flipped momentum.

Offensively, Washington erased the deficit with nine unanswered runs, led by James Wood’s game-changing inside-the-park grand slam in the second inning that cut a 5-0 deficit to one. José Tena followed with a game-tying solo homer in the third before the Nationals surged ahead thanks to aggressive baserunning and Mets defensive miscues. Jorbit Vivas added a sacrifice fly during the rally, while Washington scored multiple runs off passed balls and errors to complete one of its best comeback wins of the season.

On Deck…

Tomorrow will mark the end of this four-game set as well as the homestand, and Cade Cavalli is scheduled to take the mound for Washington against a starter who has not yet been named for the matinee.

In the hole…

Friday will see Miles Mikolas set the tone for a weekend series in Atlanta, who got the better of Washington earlier this year in April. Washington will look to reset and put together some strong performances before heading to Cleveland.