The victory for a Mets team that had lost three of four likely won’t change the organization’s mindset heading toward Tuesday’s trade deadline.
By the time the Mets finally rallied in the bottom of the eighth on Thursday night at Citi Field, it nearly triggered a flood of biblical proportions.
But after a 97-minute delay, the Mets completed their 2-1 comeback win over the last-place Nationals, as Mark Canha drove in the game-winning run with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly that knocked in Pete Alonso and Brooks Raley closed it in the ninth for the save.
The victory for a Mets team that had lost three of four and shown no signs of getting back into the playoff race, likely won’t change the organization’s mindset heading toward Tuesday’s trade deadline, but it was at least a sign of life at what had been a moribund Citi Field, with the Mets shut out until the eighth against a Nationals team that had won five of six.
Minutes after the Mets’ win, The Post’s Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman confirmed that closer David Robertson had been traded to the Marlins in exchange for two prospects — the No. 18 and No. 21 players in Miami system, according to MLB Pipeline — to mark the first sign of a sale.
Before that, Kodai Senga tossed six strong innings and gave up just one run on a pair of hits, but that seemed like it might cost him and the Mets the game, as Washington right-hander Josiah Gray — an All-Star this season — blanked them before leaving after six innings.
