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Washington Nationals @ New York Mets

2026-03-16 · Spring Training · Night game · Att: 6052 · 84°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 18 mph, L To R · 2:52

Washington Nationals defeated New York Mets 12–6. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Daylen Lile doubles (2) on a ground ball to right fielder Carson Benge. James Wood scores. Jacob Young scores. Andrés Chaparro to 3rd. New York Mets took the lead in the 2nd — Cristian Pache homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 6th — José Tena lines out to left fielder Jose Rojas. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Christian Arroyo homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Trace Willhoite scores — worth 38% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6	12	14	2
NYN	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	11

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood DH	5	2	3	1	0	0
Luis Arias DH	1	1	0	0	0	0
Joey Wiemer CF	2	1	1	1	0	0
Jacob Young CF	1	1	0	0	2	0
Brenner Cox RF	0	1	0	0	0	0
Dylan Crews RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Abimelec Ortiz 1B	2	0	1	0	0	0
Andres Chaparro 1B	2	0	0	0	1	2
Daylen Lile LF	4	0	1	2	0	0
Elijah Nunez LF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marcus Brown SS	1	1	1	0	1	0
CJ Abrams SS	3	2	2	0	0	0
Viandel Pena 2B	2	1	1	2	0	1
Luis Garcia 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0
Murphy Stehly 3B	2	1	1	1	0	1
Jose Tena 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Adams C	3	0	1	2	0	2
Harry Ford C	2	0	1	1	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Benge RF	2	1	2	0	2	0
Colin Houck 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Villavicencio CF	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Vientos 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
AJ Salgado RF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Francisco Alvarez C	3	1	1	1	1	1
Jared Young DH	4	1	1	0	0	1
Trace Willhoite DH	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yonny Hernandez SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ronny Mauricio SS	4	0	2	2	0	1
Christian Arroyo 2B	4	1	1	2	0	1
Jose Rojas LF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Vidal Brujan 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hayden Senger C	1	0	0	0	0	1
JT Schwartz 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cristian Pache CF	3	1	2	1	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Julian Fernandez	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Jackson Rutledge	1.0	2	2	1	0	1
Griff McGarry	1.0	2	1	1	0	1
Clayton Beeter	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Zach Penrod	1.0	2	2	2	1	2
Ken Waldichuk	2.0	3	1	0	2	0
Cionel Perez	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Orlando Ribalta	1.0	1	0	0	0	2

New York Mets — pitching