Nats’ Rendon 6 for 6 with 3 HRs, 10 RBI

Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon said he’d never had a day like this one.

Not many players have.

Rendon had 10 RBI, three home runs and six hits as Washington took advantage of Noah Syndergaard’s injury and mauled the New York Mets, 23-5, on Sunday to set a franchise scoring record.

Rendon went a careerbest 6 for 6 and scored five times while breaking the club mark for RBIs. He became the 13th player in major league history to drive in 10 or more runs in a game — the first since Garret Anderson did it for the Angels in 2007.

“I may have had three home runs in high school,” Rendon said, “but never like that with the RBIs.”

Matt Wieters added two homers, a single and two walks as the Nationals salvaged the finale of a three-game series between NL East rivals. Adam Lind and Bryce Harper also homered, and Harper scored four times.

Washington finished with a season-high 23 hits and scored the most runs in the history of the Expos/Nationals franchise.

The Nationals’ seven homers were their most since the team moved from Montreal to Washington in 2005.

Rendon began the day with no homers and five RBI this season. After a two-run single in the first, he followed with a solo homer in the third and a three-run shot in the fourth.

He ripped a three-run double off the right-center wall in the fifth and nearly had another RBI when he singled in the seventh, but teammate Daniel Murphy held up at third base.

Rendon, who raised his batting average from .226 to .278, capped his incredible day with a solo home run off Mets backup catcher Kevin Plawecki in the eighth.

NHL

PREDS TAKE 2-1 SERIES LEAD » Cody McLeod scored the game-winner early in the second period, and the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues, 3-1, to grab a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference semifinal.

Defensemen Ryan Ellis and Roman Josi also scored, and Colton Sissons added two assists.

The Predators outshot St. Louis, 34-23, and they now have won seven straight playoff games on home ice, including all three this postseason.

Alexander Steen scored for the Blues, who lost for the first time on the road this postseason.

Blues goalie Jake Allen kept St. Louis in this game before being pulled by coach Mike Yeo for the extra attacker with more than 4 minutes remaining and took his timeout with 1:25 left.

Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne finished with 22 saves, including a flurry of stops to preserve the win.

Game 3 is Tuesday night.

Golf

ZURICH CLASSIC GOES TO MONDAY PLAYOFF » Kevin Kisner chipped in for eagle on the 18th hole as darkness fell Sunday night at the Zurich Classic, lifting himself and teammate Scott Brown into a Monday playoff with Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith.

Kisner’s chip-in — which skipped on a wet green, hit the pin and dropped in from nearly 95 feet — forced the 23-year-old Smith to make a 1 ½-foot birdie putt.

Kisner and Brown shot a 12-under 60 in best-ball play, and Blixt and Smith had a 64 to finish at 27 under at the TPC Louisiana in the PGA Tour’s first team event in 36 years.

Blixt, a Swede, and Smith, an Australian, haven’t bogeyed a hole yet, and appeared to have the victory wrapped up before Kisner’s chip-in, which whipped the diehard crowd around the final green into a frenzy while Kisner waved both arms in celebration.

The round finished in barely playable darkness because of a more than six-hour delay caused by thunderstorms.