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Washington Nationals @ New York Mets

2026-08-14 · Night game · Citi Field · Att: 30660 · 80°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, Out To LF · 2:31

New York Mets defeated Washington Nationals 4–1. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Brady House singles on a ground ball to center fielder Luis Robert Jr. CJ Abrams scores. Abimelec Ortiz to 2nd. New York Mets took the lead in the 6th — Carson Benge singles on a ground ball to right fielder Dylan Crews. Bo Bichette scores. Luis Robert Jr. to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Francisco Lindor homers (12) on a fly ball to left field — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
CJ Abrams SS	2	1	0	0	2	1
Abimelec Ortiz 1B	5	0	0	0	0	2
Brady House DH	3	0	2	1	0	1
Daylen Lile LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Keibert Ruiz C	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Crews RF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Tena LF	2	0	0	0	1	2
Nasim Nuñez 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jorbit Vivas 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jacob Young CF	4	0	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
A.J. Ewing LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Francisco Lindor SS	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bo Bichette 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1
Luis Robert CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carson Benge RF	4	0	1	1	0	1
Francisco Alvarez DH	3	0	0	0	1	3
Marcus Semien 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jared Young 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1
Luis Torrens C	2	1	1	0	1	0