New York Mets at Washington Nationals

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New York Mets

67-58, 26-34 Away

Final
8 - 1

Washington Nationals

50-75, 24-39 Home

David Peterson dominates the Nationals and Mark Vientos homers again as the Mets win 8-1

Peterson (8-5), who blanked the Nats on June 11 in New York for his first career shutout, extended his scoreless streak against Washington to 25 innings dating to last season. He finally allowed a run when Dylan Crews led off the eighth with a triple and scored on a double-play grounder.

The only Mets starter who has reliably pitched deep into games, Peterson finished the eighth. He allowed four hits, struck out 10 and walked one.

Juan Soto hit his 31st homer, Jeff McNeil homered and drove in three runs, and Brett Baty also went deep for the Mets, who may be breaking out of a funk that began in late July. New York had lost 14 of 16 before this run of three wins in three states that began Saturday at Citi Field and continued Sunday night at the Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where Vientos hit a three-run homer.

“We need him now,” manager Carlos Mendoza said before the game of Vientos, who hit 27 homers in 111 games last year but has seen sporadic playing time lately. Tuesday's two-run shot off Jake Irvin (8-8) was his ninth longball of the season.

McNeil hit a two-run double during the Mets' five-run third against Irvin and went deep in the ninth off Jackson Rutledge.

Key moment Peterson faced the minimum through five innings and had his first stress in the sixth, allowing a leadoff double to Andrés Chaparro and a one-out single to Jacob Young. The All-Star lefty then struck out James Wood and retired CJ Abrams on a fly to center.

Key stat Peterson worked six or more innings for the 16th time. Clay Holmes (seven) has the next-most such outings on the Mets.

Up next Kodai Senga (7-4, 2.35 ERA) starts for the Mets against the Nationals' Brad Lord (3-6, 3.26) on Wednesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bell fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	DeJong singled to center.
	9th Inning	Abrams flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Wood grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Stanek relieved Peterson
	9th Inning	Vientos grounded out to second.

Statistics

NYM		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	13
6	Strikeouts	10
8	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	30
4	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
22	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	108
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
26	Total Bases	8
42	Plate Appearances	31
648.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
7	Extra Base Hits	2
9.3	Runs Created	0.5
.297	Batting Average	.167
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.703	Slugging Percentage	.267
.568	Secondary Average	.133
.381	On Base Percentage	.194
1.084	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.460
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.9
9.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.5
62.0	Batter Rating	11.5
9.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.48
.405	Isolated Power	.100
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
.270	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
16.0	Runs Produced	1.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
105.5	MLB Rating	64.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Nationals Park

Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 23,989 | Capacity:

2025 National League East Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Philadelphia	-	60	W2	0.5862069	85
New York	9	69	L4	0.5241379	76
Miami	19	79	L2	0.45517242	66
Atlanta	20	80	L1	0.44827586	65
Washington	24.5	84	W4	0.41666666	60

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