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Washington Nationals @ New York Mets

2026-08-16 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 28624 · 79°F, Cloudy · Wind 13 mph, Out To LF · 2:26

New York Mets defeated Washington Nationals 4–3. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Keibert Ruiz singles on a line drive to right fielder Carson Benge. Daylen Lile scores. Brady House out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Carson Benge to shortstop Francisco Lindor to third baseman Bo Bichette to shortstop Francisco Lindor. Keibert Ruiz to 2nd. New York Mets took the lead in the 4th — Luis Torrens homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Brett Baty scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Luis Torrens homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Brett Baty scores — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Washington Nationals — batting

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

New York Mets — batting

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