Mets follow Subway Series with 'resilience' and 'grit' in series-opening win at Nationals

The Mets have won three straight games, including six of their past seven, after they emerged from Monday's wild series opener at the Washington Nationals with a 16-7 win in 12 innings . "It's huge," said Brett Baty , whose 2-for-6 night featured three RBI on a fourth-inning solo shot and his two-run single in the 12th inning when New York (21-26) scored 10 runs to pull away from Washington (23-25). "Just come in here and try to win Game 1.

We've got three more here, so just came in here and tried to win Game 1, honestly. " The four-game set starts a seven-game swing that is set to continue this weekend in Miami and follows the Mets' 2-of-3 Subway Series result against the Yankees , which included Sunday's 7-6 win in 10 innings . "I mean, the resilience, the grit -- that's a group that we came today and it's a new series, it's a new day," said Carlos Mendoza .

"What happened yesterday doesn't matter, you know? And that's the mentality for tomorrow. We show up tomorrow.

"We won a very good game today. It was a back-and-forth, and we never got down. We kept punching.