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Washington Nationals @ New York Mets

2026-04-30 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 34621 · 54°F, Cloudy · Wind 4 mph, Out To RF · 2:31

Washington Nationals defeated New York Mets 5–4. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Nasim Nuñez reaches on a throwing error by pitcher Freddy Peralta. Jorbit Vivas scores. Nasim Nuñez to 3rd. New York Mets took the lead in the 6th — Mark Vientos doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Juan Soto scores. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 8th — CJ Abrams homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Daylen Lile scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: CJ Abrams homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Daylen Lile scores — worth 46% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood RF	3	0	0	0	1	2
Luis Garcia 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1
Daylen Lile LF	4	1	0	0	0	0
CJ Abrams SS	3	1	2	3	1	1
Jose Tena DH	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jorbit Vivas 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Nasim Nuñez 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Drew Millas C	2	0	0	0	0	2
Curtis Mead PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keibert Ruiz C	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Young CF	4	0	1	1	0	1

New York Mets — batting

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