NEW YORK — Despite a slow start to their return home on Friday night, the Mets offense found a rhythm late.
The Mets used home runs from Francisco Lindor and Jared Young, along with a productive finish from their bullpen to grab a 4-1 win over the Nationals.
Now, the Mets will go for the series victory at 4:10 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field.
NY Mets, Nationals probable starting pitchers for Saturday
Sean Manaea will be looking to record a fifth straight quality start on Saturday.
The veteran left-hander struck out a season-high 11 batters across seven innings while allowing one earned run on three hits in his last start against the Pirates.
Manaea is 4-5 with a 4.13 ERA and 1.32 WHIP in 25 appearances, including 11 starts.
The Nationals will go with Brad Lord, who has worked predominantly in a bulk bullpen role this season. He threw 51 pitches and allowed one earned run in 2⅔ innings in his last outing against the Reds.
Lord is 5-2 with a 3.80 ERA and 1.18 WHIP in 29 appearances.
NY Mets announce Saturday lineup vs Nationals
A.J. Ewing CF
Francisco Lindor SS
Bo Bichette 3B
Carson Benge RF
Jared Young 1B
Marcus Semien 2B
Brett Baty LF
Jorge Polanco DH
Francisco Alvarez C
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NY Mets announce lineup vs Washington Nationals for Saturday game