NEW YORK -- With the bases loaded, Brady House cleaned house against the Mets with one swing of the bat.
House, 22, crushed his first career grand slam in the fourth inning of the Nationals’ 14-2 win at Citi Field on Wednesday night.
With Nasim Nuñez, James Wood and Curtis Mead on base, House jumped on a fastball from lefty Sean Manaea. He sent it a Statcast-projected 385 feet into left-center field at 106 mph.
House added a grand slam to his young 102-game Major League résumé. In doing so, he became only the third Nationals player in team history (2005-present) to hit a grand slam before his 23rd birthday. Ryan Zimmerman hit two in 2007, and CJ Abrams crushed one in 2023.
House is the first Nationals player to hit a grand slam since Jacob Young on Aug. 25, 2025, against Mark Leiter Jr. and the Yankees.
And speaking of that Abrams grand slam, the shortstop had been the last Nats batter to hit one against the Mets. On April 27, 2023, Abrams belted one off Brooks Raley to drive in Lane Thomas, Stone Garrett and Victor Robles.
House, who has hit safely in eight of his last 10 games, powered the Nats’ season-high seven-run fourth inning to even the series behind a second consecutive 10-strikeout performance by Cade Cavalli. The right-hander became the first Nationals pitcher to strike out at least 10 in consecutive starts since Max Scherzer in 2020 -- and Scherzer actually did it in four straight regular-season outings from 2019-20.