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August 16, 2026 · NL East

Washington Nationals vs New York Mets

August 16, 2026Citi FieldCloudy 79°F · 13 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Washington Nationals
60-66
3
vs
HOME
New York Mets
56-69
4

Game Highlights

Published August 16, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Keibert Ruiz 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. WSH 1, NYM 0
T3 Abimelec Ortiz Abimelec Ortiz homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. WSH 2, NYM 0
B4 Jorge Polanco Jorge Polanco grounds out to first baseman Abimelec Ortiz. Jared Young scores. Brett Baty to 3rd. WSH 2, NYM 1
B4 Luis Torrens Luis Torrens homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Brett Baty scores. WSH 2, NYM 3
B5 Jared Young Jared Young doubles (12) on a ground ball to right fielder Dylan Crews. Francisco Lindor scores. WSH 2, NYM 4
T7 Keibert Ruiz Keibert Ruiz singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Carson Benge. Jorbit Vivas scores. WSH 3, NYM 4

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 011000100 3
NYM 000310000 4

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Nationals AWAY 3

Jake Irvin started for Nationals, leaving trailing 2–4.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jake Irvin Starter 6.0 98 4 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jake Irvin threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 70% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 30 31% 4 7 5 10 4
    Changeup 24 24% 2 6 4 9 3
    Curveball 18 18% 1 3 4 6 4
    Sweeper 13 13% 2 1 2 4 4
    Sinker 10 10% 1 0 3 3 3
    Cutter 3 3% 0 1 0 2 0
  • Max Kranick Middle 1.0 19 0 1
  • Jake Bird Middle 1.0 16 0 2
Mets HOME 4

Christian Scott started for Mets, leaving with a 4–3 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Christian Scott Starter 6.1 90 3 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Christian Scott threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 33 37% 6 4 11 6 6
    Cutter 25 28% 2 1 8 10 4
    Sweeper 24 27% 4 3 1 11 5
    Curveball 5 6% 0 0 3 2 0
    Sinker 2 2% 1 0 0 0 1
    Splitter 1 1% 0 0 0 0 1
  • Nate Lavender Middle 0.2 7 0 1 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Daniel Duarte Middle 1.0 11 0 1 HLD
  • Kodai Senga Reliever 1.0 11 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 4th · off Irvin
  • Torrens HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
CJ Abrams SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .354 .529 .883
Abimelec Ortiz 1B 4 1 1 1 0 2 .300 .317 .700 1.017 HR (5)
Dylan Crews RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 .281 .360 .641
Daylen Lile LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .245 .295 .410 .705
Brady House 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239 .294 .403 .697
Jorbit Vivas 2B 3 1 1 0 1 1 .244 .336 .329 .665
José Tena PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .313 .389 .702
Harry Ford C 1 0 0 0 0 1 .208 .321 .438 .759
Jacob Young CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .251 .315 .405 .720
Andrés Chaparro DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225 .344 .486 .830
Keibert Ruiz C 3 0 2 2 0 1 .275 .311 .435 .746
HOME · NYM
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
A.J. Ewing CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .249 .324 .377 .701
Francisco Lindor SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 .245 .334 .441 .775
Bo Bichette 3B 3 0 3 0 1 0 .266 .313 .386 .699 3B
Carson Benge RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 .335 .415 .750
Jared Young 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .271 .340 .454 .794 2B
Luis Robert Jr. LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .217 .291 .350 .641
Brett Baty 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 .213 .286 .329 .615 2B
Jorge Polanco DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 .144 .199 .227 .426
Luis Torrens C 3 1 1 2 0 0 .236 .305 .384 .689 HR (6)

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jake Irvin 6.0 8 4 4 3 6 1 98 5.80 L
Max Kranick 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 6.94
Jake Bird 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 5.97
HOME · NYM
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Christian Scott 6.1 5 3 3 2 7 1 90 3.51 W
Nate Lavender 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.00 HLD
Daniel Duarte 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.93 HLD
Kodai Senga 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 7.79 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 2.4 R
HOME · NYM
Andy Green
Lineup 5.3 R Bunts 2.7 R IBBs 1.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 L1 +4 run diff
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HOME · NYM
3-7 L1 -1 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.