 and the Nationals carried a 2-1 lead into the sixth inning. Nationals unable to add on to their lead in the top of the sixth. Lane Thomas was hit by a pitch and stole second, but Juan Yepes flied to left. So when Luis Severino left the mound there, he trailed 2-1. When he came back to the mound for the seventh, he would have a very sizable lead because the Mets had a huge bottom of the sixth inning.