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Washington Nationals @ New York Mets

2026-04-29 · Night game · Citi Field · Att: 32624 · 53°F, Cloudy · Wind 8 mph, Out To LF · 2:51

Washington Nationals defeated New York Mets 14–2. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — CJ Abrams singles on a ground ball to right fielder Carson Benge. James Wood scores. Curtis Mead to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Juan Soto homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	2	0	0	7	0	1	3	0	1	14	15
NYN	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood DH	5	3	2	3	1	2
Curtis Mead 1B	5	4	4	2	0	0
Brady House 3B	5	1	1	4	1	2
CJ Abrams SS	4	0	3	2	1	1
Jose Tena 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Young CF	4	1	1	2	1	1
Daylen Lile LF	5	1	1	0	0	4
Joey Wiemer RF	5	2	2	1	0	2
Nasim Nuñez SS	3	2	1	0	2	1
Keibert Ruiz C	5	0	0	0	0	2

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bo Bichette 3B	5	1	1	0	0	0
Juan Soto DH	5	1	3	1	0	0
MJ Melendez LF	2	0	1	1	1	1
Austin Slater LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Francisco Alvarez C	4	0	0	0	0	3
Brett Baty 2B	3	0	1	0	1	1
Tyrone Taylor CF	4	0	2	0	0	1
Carson Benge RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Torrens 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Semien 2B	3	0	2	0	0	1
Ronny Mauricio SS	4	0	0	0	0	3