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,

New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo broke out of his slump with a huge game against the Washington Nationals.

Brandon Nimmo tied the New York Mets ' single-game franchise record for runs batted in on Monday against the Washington Nationals, plating nine as part of a blowout 19-5 victory ( box score ). The Mets, in the process, secured a split of the wraparound four-game series.