Brandon Nimmo matched a franchise record with nine RBIs, and his multi-homerun game helped the New York Mets pound the Washington Nationals 19-5.

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.

Brandon Nimmo hadn’t been having the best start to the year entering play on Monday. He’d been making decent contact and hitting balls hard, but they weren’t dropping for hits. Manager Carlos Mendoza discussed as much pregame,