Major League Baseball
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

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
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   Washington
Sean Manaea Player MacKenzie Gore
Loss W/L No Decision
4.2 IP 4.1
8 Strikeouts 5
3 Hits 6
7.71 ERA 6.23
Hitting
NY Mets   Washington
Francisco Lindor Player Brady House
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
1 HR 0
6 TB 4
.600 Avg .750
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