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New York Mets @ Washington Nationals

2021-06-28 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 19150 · 90°F, cloudy · Wind 9 mph to CF · 3:03

Washington Nationals defeated New York Mets 8–4. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Kyle Schwarber homers (23) on a fly ball to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Billy McKinney homers (5) on a fly ball to right field — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	10
WAS	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	3		8	11

W: Paolo Espino L: Jerad Eickhoff SV: Brad Hand

Umpires — HP: Nestor Ceja · 1B: Sam Holbrook · 2B: Chris Segal · 3B: Jim Wolf · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jeff McNeil	5	0	2	1	1
Francisco Lindor	5	0	0	0	1
Dominic Smith	4	1	2	0	0
Pete Alonso	3	1	2	2	1
Billy McKinney	4	1	1	1	0
Kevin Pillar	4	0	0	0	3
Luis Guillorme	3	1	2	0	0
Patrick Mazeika	3	0	1	0	0
Jerad Eickhoff	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Peraza	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Conforto	1	0	0	0	0
James McCann	1	0	0	0	1
Albert Almora	1	0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kyle Schwarber	5	2	3	2	0	0
Trea Turner	5	1	2	1	0	1
Juan Soto	4	0	1	0	0	0
Josh Bell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Harrison	4	0	0	0	0	1
Yan Gomes	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gerardo Parra	3	2	2	1	1	1
Starlin Castro	3	1	1	1	1	0
Paolo Espino	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Clay	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Zimmerman	1	1	1	3	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerad Eickhoff	6.0	8	1	3
Sean Reid-Foley	1.0	1	1	1
Miguel Castro	1.0	2	1	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Paolo Espino	5.0	5	3
Sam Clay	1.2	1	1
Wander Suero	0.1	2	1
Justin Miller	0.1	2	1
Brad Hand	1.2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jeff McNeil: S9/G3+
Francisco Lindor: 9/L9D+
Dominic Smith: 46(1)3/GDP/G34

Bot 1

Kyle Schwarber: HR/F9LD
Trea Turner: HR/F7D
Juan Soto: D9/L8XD+
Josh Bell: 31/G3.2-3
Josh Harrison: 9/F9LSF/FL
Yan Gomes: 6/L6+

Top 2

Pete Alonso: K
Billy McKinney: 43/G34D
Kevin Pillar: K

Bot 2

Gerardo Parra: HR/F9LD
Starlin Castro: 8/F89XD+
Paolo Espino: 43/G4
Kyle Schwarber: 3/G3

Top 3

Luis Guillorme: 43/G4
Patrick Mazeika: S6/G5S
Jerad Eickhoff: 34/SH/BG23.1-2
Jeff McNeil: 163/G4

Bot 3

Trea Turner: 53/G56
Juan Soto: 5/P6
Josh Bell: 41/G34D

Top 4

Francisco Lindor: 9/L9D+
Dominic Smith: S4/G34
Pete Alonso: S8/F8.1-2
Billy McKinney: 7/F7L
Kevin Pillar: 4/P4M

Bot 4

Josh Harrison: 8/L8D
Yan Gomes: 43/G6MD
Gerardo Parra: D9/F89XD
Starlin Castro: IW
Paolo Espino: 7/F56D

Top 5

Luis Guillorme: S8/L78
Patrick Mazeika: 7/F7L
Jerad Eickhoff: 14/SH/BG1S-.1-2
Jeff McNeil: K

Bot 5

Kyle Schwarber: HR/F89XD
Trea Turner: K
Juan Soto: 9/L89XD+
Josh Bell: 7/F78XD

Top 6

Francisco Lindor: 8/L8XD
Dominic Smith: 8/F8
Pete Alonso: HP
Billy McKinney: 53/G4D

Bot 6

Josh Harrison: 8/F78D
Yan Gomes: D8/L89XD+
Gerardo Parra: K
Starlin Castro: S7/L78S+.2-H
Sam Clay: K

Top 7

Kevin Pillar: K
Luis Guillorme: S5/G6S.B-2(E5/TH)
Patrick Mazeika: 43/G4D.2-3
Jose Peraza: HP
Jeff McNeil: S8/L8.3-H;1-2
Francisco Lindor: K

Bot 7

Kyle Schwarber: 5/P56D
Trea Turner: S7/G56
Juan Soto: PO1(E3).1-2
Juan Soto: 13/G1S
Josh Bell: IW
Josh Harrison: K

Top 8

Dominic Smith: S9/L9D+
Pete Alonso: HR/F7D.1-H
Billy McKinney: HR/F9LD
Kevin Pillar: K
Michael Conforto: 8/F8S
James McCann: K

Bot 8

Yan Gomes: 7/F78D
Gerardo Parra: W
Starlin Castro: E4/G6.1-3(E4/TH);B-2
Ryan Zimmerman: HR/F8XD.3-H;2-H(UR)
Kyle Schwarber: S7/L7LD+
Trea Turner: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Top 9

Albert Almora: K
Jeff McNeil: 8/F8XD
Francisco Lindor: 7/L7+

Notes & reviews

Mets challenged call that Smith was out at 1st; call overturned - single
Missed catch error by first baseman Pete Alonso on the pickoff attempt. Trea Turner to 2nd.

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