Jose Iglesias, Francisco Lindor help Mets secure another 10th-inning victory over Nationals

WASHINGTON — Jose Iglesias is ready for primetime.

The New York Mets‘ utility infielder was featured on NBC Nightly News on Tuesday night, talking about his hit song, “Omg.” Shortly after his interview aired, Iglesias took a slider from Robert Garcia Jr. and lined it to right field, sending home Tyrone Taylor in the 10th inning.

For the second straight night, the Mets battled the Washington Nationals for 10 innings. And for the second night in a row, they prevailed, 7-2 at Nationals Park.

Garcia (0-3) imploded for five runs (four earned) in the 10th, with Pete Alonso capping it off with a two-out, two-run homer.

Right-hander Dedniel Nuñez retired the side in order in the bottom of the frame to secure the 18th win for the Mets (42-41) in their last 24 games.

Francisco Lindor went 2 for 5 with a home run and a double, and scored the tying run in the eighth. One night after giving up a go-ahead homer to J.D. Martinez in the 10th inning, right-hander Hunter Harvey gave up a leadoff double to Lindor in the eighth. Brandon Nimmo, who came off the bench to replace an injured Harrison Bader, lined a single deep to the left field corner to score Lindor and tie the game.

Right-hander Jose Butto, called up earlier in the day to give the Mets a fresh bullpen arm, went two innings in the win (3-0).

Left-hander Sean Manaea pitched to the same pattern he’s become accustomed to: He got himself into trouble but limited the damage.

The Nationals (39-46) took one run off Manaea in the third and one in the fifth. Third baseman Mark Vientos couldn’t make a tough throw from the edge of the dirt across the diamond to get Nick Senzel out and Jacob Young then sent a deep fly back to the right field wall.

Bader and Taylor both converged with Bader leaping backwards into the ribbon screen and hitting it awkwardly. Young’s ball fell for a double and Senzel went to third.

Bader was slow to get up. The center fielder was later removed from the game for what the Mets deemed to be “precautionary reasons.”

CJ Abrams then beat out a grounder to first. Senzel scored and once again, Manaea was forced to navigate traffic on the basepaths.

He managed, though not exactly deftly. He struck out Lane Thomas, then got Harold Ramirez to ground out to first base, advancing the runners. Young came home on what initially appeared to be a wild pitch to Joey Meneses, but Manaea, in an interesting stroke of luck, had actually hit Meneses with the pitch.

With the bases loaded, Ildemaro Vargas sent a fly ball toward the right field line. Tyrone Taylor tracked it down and caught it for the third out.

The second run was unearned, the result of an error by Pete Alonso.

Taylor later robbed Lane Thomas of a home run, going over the wall in center field and coming up with a huge out to end the seventh inning and end Manaea’s night. Manaea threw seven innings for the first time this season, giving a banged-up bullpen the length it needed. He allowed only two earned runs on seven hits, walked two and struck out five.

Left-hander DJ Herz struck out 10 over 5 2/3 innings, holding the Mets to only one run (Lindor’s homer) on five hits.

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