NEW YORK — Trea Turner touched the plate, then turned to his teammates on the bench.
"The bats, like I said, these guys can hit," manager Dave Martinez said.
The romp came with a cost, though, as Nationals reliever Kelvin Herrera was carted off the field with one out to go.
The 25-year-old righty blanked the Mets on two singles for six innings.
The major league record is 48 innings without a run by the 1968 Chicago Cubs and the 1906 Philadelphia Athletics.
Turner almost stopped Washington’s string by himself, leading off the sixth with a drive that hit the padding atop the left-field wall and went for a double.
"Just scoring that one run was kind of nice," Martinez said.
In between, Soto drew a bases-loaded walk, Harper doubled and Difo followed with a homer that silenced the crowd.
Mets manager Mickey Callaway was startled by how quickly a one-run game turned into a blowout.
"We threw 78 pitches in two innings and I think we gave up a few homers, too many walks.