Mets: RHP Justin Verlander (1-1, 2.25 ERA) makes his first home start at Citi Field on Tuesday as New York begins a three-game series against majors-best Tampa Bay. Dickerson had been on the IL since April 2. Nationals: Washington activated OF Corey Dickerson (left calf strain) from the injured list and optioned INF/OF Jake Alu to Triple-A Rochester.

Carrasco pitched four shutout innings Sunday in a rehabilitation start for Double-A Binghamton. Mets: Showalter said RHP Carlos Carrasco (elbow inflammation) could return from the injured list Friday or Saturday if his between-starts work day goes well. Then when you get up to the plate, it’s compete time. “Look to what you’ve done in the past, look at things that have helped in the past and be open to new information on how we can get better. “We know what we’re doing right now is not producing wins, but we also know this team is very capable of that,” Nimmo said. The Mets had two doubles among their 11 hits Monday, while seven of Washington‘s 15 hits went for extra bases. New York has not homered since Pete Alonso’s second-inning homer Wednesday at Cincinnati, a span of 52 innings. The Mets managed three hits in two different innings against Corbin, but pushed across just one run in both of them - Jeff McNeil’s RBI single in the second and Tommy Pham’s sacrifice fly in the sixth. 452 (19 of 42) with 20 RBIs with runners in scoring position. Meneses added a run-scoring infield single later in the inning and an RBI double in the eighth. It was the second day in a row Abrams went deep, and three of his four homers this season have come against the Mets. I thought he had a little better one today, but he just never could get any footing where they had to guard against something.”Ībrams hit a solo shot off Tommy Hunter in the sixth. Some of the breaking balls have been inconsistent. “That’s what’s been really frustrating for everybody. “He knows he’s capable of pitching well up here and he feels good physically,” manager Buck Showalter said.

Peterson has yielded at least four runs in six consecutive starts, and his ERA ballooned to a season-high 8.08. The Nationals scored two more runs in the fourth and another in the fifth against Peterson, who allowed six runs and nine hits in five innings.

Keibert Ruiz followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1. Meneses added another RBI double in the third off New York starter David Peterson (1-6).

The Intangible by C.J. Washington