New York Mets

5thin NL East · 73-87

Ugh, no.

New York Mets lost to the Washington Nationals

73-87 6 – 7

76-84

Final · Fri, Sep 25

Game Details

Nationals Park (Washington) · 28,639 fans · WPIX, MLB.TV, Nationals.TV

Recap

High-spending Mets assured of first last-place finish since 2003 with 7-6 loss to Nationals

The high-spending New York Mets were assured their first last-place finish since 2003, losing to the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Friday night as Josiah Gray earned his first major league save in his first home appearance in more than two years.

Recap via ESPN

Nationals Park · Washington

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYM	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	9	1
WSH	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		7	11	0

Win Probability · New York Mets

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

New York Mets

Bo Bichette · 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Jonathan Pintaro · 0.1 IP, 3 ER, 0 K (L, 2-3)Pitching

Washington Nationals

Dylan Crews · 1-3, HR, 1 RBI, 3 RBatting
Gus Varland · 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 2 K (W, 2-2)Pitching

2026 National League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Atlanta	94	68	.580	-	L1
Philadelphia	88	74	.543	6	W1
Miami	80	82	.494	14	W1
Washington	77	85	.475	17	W1
New York	74	88	.457	20	L1

Scoring

Top 8th

SF Alvarez hit sacrifice fly to center, Baty scored.6–7

Bot 7th

HR Crews homered to left (388 feet).5–7

Top 5th

HR Benge homered to right center (407 feet).5–6

Top 5th

HR Bichette homered to center (427 feet).4–6

Bot 3rd

1B Ruiz singled to left, Abrams scored.3–6

Bot 3rd

SF Lile hit sacrifice fly to center, Crews scored, Abrams to third.3–5

Bot 3rd

WP House scored on Pintaro wild pitch.3–4

Bot 3rd

WP Chaparro scored on Pintaro wild pitch, House to third on wild pitch by Pintaro.3–3

Top 3rd

SF Vientos hit sacrifice fly to right, Soto scored, Bichette to third.3–2

Top 3rd

2B Bichette doubled to right, Lindor scored, Soto to third.2–2

Bot 1st

1B Abrams singled to right, Wood scored and Crews scored.1–2

Top 1st

2B Vientos doubled to left, Soto scored, Bichette to third.1–0

Team Stats

New York MetsWashington Nationals

Batting

9 Hits 11

2 Home Runs 1

4 Walks 5

12 Strikeouts 4

0 Stolen Bases 2

10 Left on Base 16

Pitching & Fielding

160 Pitches Thrown 158

1 Errors 0

3 Double Plays 3

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
F. LindorSS	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	.224	19	.307	.420
J. SotoLF	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.276	15	.395	.522
B. Bichette3B	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	.261	16	.312	.393
M. VientosDH	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	.216	14	.262	.401
B. BatyDH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.240	5	.315	.379
C. BengeRF	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	.277	17	.342	.426
F. AlvarezC	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	.235	18	.312	.403
M. Semien2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.214	22	.280	.339
A.J. EwingCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.253	14	.323	.372
C. PacheCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	0	.125	.125
C. Morel1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.173	18	.229	.245
Team	33	6	9	6	2	4	12		158

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J. Yan	1.2	3	2	2	2	1	0	37-21	4.87
J. Pintaro(L, 2-3)	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	17-9	5.28
C. Perez	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	22-15	4.87
J. Hagenman	4.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	70-47	3.38
N. Lavender	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	1.74
Team	8.0	11	7	7	5	4	1	160-100

Washington Nationals ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. WoodDH	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	.265	24	.389	.506
A. Chaparro1B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.258	10	.357	.495
A. Ortiz1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.192	11	.235	.352
Y. Morales1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	4	.273	.636
B. House3B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.245	20	.310	.398
D. CrewsRF	3	3	1	1	1	1	0	.224	13	.290	.375
C. Abrams2B	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	.263	22	.339	.499
J. YoungCF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.252	19	.318	.391
D. LileLF	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.249	10	.300	.434
K. RuizC	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.283	15	.319	.447
J. Vivas2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	12	.331	.323
N. NunezSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	0	.291	.242
Team	32	7	11	5	1	5	4		160

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A. Alvarez	4.2	7	5	5	3	7	2	101-60	3.43
G. Varland(W, 2-2)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-12	6.55
Y. Cruz(H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	5.06
J. Sinclair(H, 4)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	18-11	2.61
J. Gray(S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-10	0.00
Team	9.0	9	6	6	4	12	2	158-99