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New York Mets @ Washington Nationals

2026-05-20 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 18642 · 79°F, Cloudy · Wind 3 mph, Out To LF · 2:16

Washington Nationals defeated New York Mets 8–4. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — CJ Abrams homers (10) on a fly ball to right center field. Curtis Mead scores. Andrés Chaparro scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: CJ Abrams homers (10) on a fly ball to right center field. Curtis Mead scores. Andrés Chaparro scores — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

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

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Benge RF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bo Bichette SS	4	1	1	0	0	1
Juan Soto LF	4	2	2	3	0	0
Mark Vientos 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1
Nick Morabito PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
MJ Melendez DH	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tyrone Taylor PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brett Baty 3B	2	0	1	1	1	0
Marcus Semien 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. Ewing CF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Torrens C	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hayden Senger C	2	0	0	0	0	2

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood DH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Mead 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1
Andres Chaparro 1B	1	1	0	0	1	0
Luis Garcia 1B	2	0	1	0	0	0
CJ Abrams SS	4	2	2	3	0	0
Dylan Crews RF	4	1	1	0	0	2
Daylen Lile LF	3	1	1	1	0	0
Jacob Young CF	4	1	2	2	0	1
Nasim Nuñez 2B	2	1	0	1	1	1
Keibert Ruiz C	3	0	2	1	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Austin Warren	1.0	4	2	2	0	0
Craig Kimbrel	2.2	2	2	2	0	2
Zach Thornton	4.1	4	4	4	2	3

Washington Nationals — pitching