#News #Metssettle #crazy #split #seven #game #win #streak #ends #thud Mets settle for crazy split as seven game win streak ends with a thud #USNEWS WASHINGTON — For a break-even Saturday, it sure seemed like a lost day for the Mets. There was the nine-run lead they squandered in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Nationals and the added energy and relievers needed to rally for an extra-inning win. There was Brandon Nimmo’s strained right hamstring that placed him on the injured list. Finally, there was a frustrating nightcap, in which the Mets managed just four hits. They left Nationals Park with their seven-game winning streak kaput, after a 4-3 loss in the nightcap pushed them back to .500. “We couldn’t keep the momentum up that we showed up with,” manager Luis Rojas said. “A lot of missed opportunities.” Hours earlier, the Mets used Francisco Lindor’s two-run homer in the ninth to win 11-9 — having survived the added drama of Andrew Stevenson’s game-tying blast in the seventh against Seth Lugo that erased the last of what had been a 9-0 lead Nimmo strained his right hamstring while running the bases in the second inning of the first game and was placed on the 10-day injured list before the nightcap, depriving the Mets of a top offensive performer. Kevin Pillar, who will assume the bulk of the center-field duties, delivered a two-run homer in the sixth inning of the nightcap to get the Mets close after Tylor Megill turned in a mediocre performance.