Washington Nationals at New York Mets

NEW YORK – The energy remains high at Citi Field. The Mets scored two runs off reliever Yovanny Cruz in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Nationals, 5-4, on Saturday. Down 4-3 with runners on first and second and no outs, Francisco Alvarez doubled down the left-field line, scoring Brett Baty. Two batters later, Francisco Lindor singled over the head of right fielder Dylan Crews, scoring pinch-runner Cristian Pache. The Mets have won eight of their last 11 games. “For me, it’s just resilience. You don’t play perfect baseball when you go on winning streaks,” Mets manager Andy Green said. “You make mistakes. You make errors. You make baserunning mistakes. You don’t execute every pitch. But you don’t let that moment impact the next moment. I think our guys have been tremendous at that.” For example, Lindor made up for the baserunning blunder he committed an inning earlier. After leading off with a single, Lindor was thrown out at second base after he saw a wild pitch from reliever Clayton Beeter get away from catcher Harry Ford. Lindor hesitated running to second only to be thrown out with ease. Minutes later he approached Green and acknowledged his mistake. “But \[Lindor\