Washington 9, NY Mets 3
When: 4:05 PM ET, Thursday, August 21, 2025
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Muchlinski, 1B -
Tom Hanahan, 2B -
Nestor Ceja, 3B -
Todd Tichenor
Attendance:
20127
By Field Level Media
James Wood hit a three-run home run, Brady House had three hits and the host Washington Nationals rallied for a 9-3 win against the New York Mets, taking the rubber game of the series Thursday.
Riley Adams added two hits for the Nationals, who got 4 2/3 scoreless innings from their bullpen.
Jackson Rutledge (2-2) got the final two outs of the fifth for the win and Jose A. Ferrer pitched 1 1/3 innings for his fourth save as Washington completed a 4-3 homestand.
Francisco Lindor had three hits including a home run and Starling Marte also homered for New York, which led 3-0 in the fourth.
Sean Manaea (1-2) allowed four runs on three hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out eight, walked one and hit two batters.
Washington starter MacKenzie Gore allowed three runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Lindor led off the game with a homer, and he singled leading off the third but was picked off. One out later, Marte's homer increased the Mets' lead to 2-0.
In the top of the fourth, Brett Baty singled with one out. Tyrone Taylor walked and Cedric Mullins singled to load the bases. Hayden Senger's sacrifice fly made it 3-0.
Washington quickly got a run back. CJ Abrams struck out on a wild pitch and was safe at first. Andres Chaparro singled and Adams was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Dylan Crews hit a grounder up the middle and was out at first as Abrams scored from third.
The Nationals took the lead in the fifth. House led off with a single, Jacob Young bunted and both runners were safe when House beat the throw to second. With one out, Manaea hit Abrams to load the bases and Paul DeJong followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-2.
After Chaparro walked, Tyler Rogers replaced Manaea and Adams smacked a two-run single to center, giving Washington a 4-3 lead.
In the sixth, Daylen Lile singled, stole second and scored on Young's single off the glove of a diving Mullins in center to make it 5-3.
Washington broke it open late as Wood capped a four-run eighth with his 26th home run of the season.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
NY Mets
|
7 |
2 |
13 |
.219 |
13 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Washington
|
9 |
1 |
13 |
.281 |
16 |
14 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
0 |