After weeks of slumping, for one night, the Mets could exhale and smile

NEW YORK — “Sometimes,” Juan Soto said Tuesday night, “you need a lucky rock in the middle of the field to get you going.”After a stifling weekend, after weeks of slumping, after a month of disappointment, the Mets on Tuesday night enjoyed something they hadn’t in ages: an easy win. Propelled by a good break in a seven-run fourth inning, New York cruised past the Nationals, 8-0, at Citi Field.The Mets hadn’t won a game by more than three runs since April 4 in San Francisco.Advertisement