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Washington Nationals Box Scores · 8/16/2026 Nationals Box Scores · 8/16/26 Nationals
New York Mets 4 , Washington Nationals 3
Line Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Nationals 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 Mets 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 x 4 10 1
W: Scott · L: Irvin, J · Sv: Senga
Nationals AB R H RBI BB SO OPS Avg Abrams ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .883 .278 Ortiz, A 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 1.017 .300 Crews rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .641 .211 Lile lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .705 .245 House 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .697 .239 Vivas 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .665 .244 Chaparro dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .830 .225 Tena ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .702 .236 Ruiz, K c 3 0 2 2 0 1 .746 .275 Ford, H c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .759 .208 Young cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .720 .251 Totals 32 3 5 3 2 11
HR: Ortiz, A (5, 3rd inning off Scott, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Ortiz, A 4; Ruiz, K 2; Vivas; Young. RBI: Ortiz, A (9); Ruiz, K 2 (41). DP: (Vivas-Abrams-Ortiz, A).
Mets AB R H RBI BB SO OPS Avg Ewing cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .701 .249 Lindor ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .775 .245 Bichette 3b 3 0 3 0 1 0 .699 .266 Benge rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .750 .272 Young, J 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .794 .271 Robert Jr. lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .641 .217 Baty 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .615 .213 Polanco dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .426 .144 Torrens c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .689 .236 Totals 32 4 10 4 3 9
2B: Baty (14, Irvin, J); Young, J (12, Irvin, J). 3B: Bichette (2, Kranick). HR: Torrens (6, 4th inning off Irvin, J, 1 on, 2 out). TB: Baty 2; Bichette 5; Lindor; Polanco; Robert Jr.; Torrens 4; Young, J 3. RBI: Polanco (6); Torrens 2 (30); Young, J (29). GIDP: Benge. CS: Ewing (7, 2nd base by Irvin, J/Ruiz, K). E: Bichette (10, throw).
Nationals IP H R ER BB K HR BF ERA Irvin, J p (L, 2-7) 6.0 8 4 4 3 6 1 27 5.80 Kranick p 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6.94 Bird p 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 5.97
ST-PC: Irvin, J (64-98), Kranick (13-19), Bird (11-16).
Mets IP H R ER BB K HR BF ERA Scott p (W, 4-3) 6.1 5 3 3 2 7 1 27 3.51 Lavender p (H, 4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 Duarte p (H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.93 Senga p (S, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7.79
ST-PC: Scott (61-90), Lavender (6-7), Duarte (8-11), Senga (8-11).
Scoring Plays
2nd 1–0 Ruiz singled to right, Lile scored, Ruiz to second, House thrown out at third. 3rd 2–0 Ortiz homered to left center (389 feet). 4th 2–1 Polanco grounded out to first, Young scored, Baty to third. 4th 2–3 Torrens homered to center (407 feet), Baty scored. 5th 2–4 Young doubled to right, Lindor scored. 7th 3–4 Ruiz singled to right, Vivas scored.
HBP: House (by Scott).
Umpires: 2B: Charlie Ramos. HP: Willie Traynor. 3B: Nestor Ceja. 1B: Chris Guccione. Weather: 79 degrees, Cloudy. T: 2:26. Att: 28,624. Citi Field.
Washington Nationals Team Statistics
Hitters G AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OPS #4 Daylen Lile lf 134 514 69 129 18 74 32 107 13 .251 .724 #5 CJ Abrams ss 128 486 80 133 29 92 48 129 26 .274 .869 #29 James Wood rf (IL) 114 437 100 116 30 73 90 153 17 .265 .928 #26 Nasim Nuñez 2b 125 388 48 84 1 34 45 91 43 .216 .548 #30 Jacob Young cf 119 366 49 91 10 43 28 69 17 .249 .713 #3 Dylan Crews rf 84 309 42 68 10 31 24 82 8 .220 .657 #20 Keibert Ruiz c 88 285 41 80 9 45 16 33 2 .281 .773 #84 Jorbit Vivas 3b 102 251 28 59 3 24 33 41 1 .235 .644 #12 Brady House 3b 71 249 32 58 9 33 20 76 2 .233 .686 #8 José Tena dh 102 236 32 55 7 22 24 82 4 .233 .702 #87 Andrés Chaparro 1b 62 136 27 34 9 33 18 34 0 .250 .887 #14 Drew Millas c (IL) 50 130 18 24 2 11 14 37 0 .185 .539 #81 Abimelec Ortiz 1b 23 72 10 15 5 10 4 18 0 .208 .694 #17 Harry Ford c 22 62 9 12 2 7 9 20 1 .194 .677 #45 Andrew Pinckney lf 11 17 5 4 1 2 1 6 1 .235 .829
Pitchers G W L SV IP H ER BB K ERA WHIP #24 Cade Cavalli 28 12 5 0 148.2 137 53 43 169 3.21 1.21 #19 Connelly Early (IL) 17 7 5 0 91.2 81 35 34 93 3.44 1.25 #54 Andrew Alvarez 20 2 6 1 84.2 76 35 38 80 3.72 1.35 #27 Jake Irvin 17 2 8 0 81.2 75 51 39 82 5.62 1.40 #41 Brad Lord 32 5 2 1 67.1 53 28 27 60 3.74 1.19 #39 Clayton Beeter 45 5 4 12 42.1 29 17 29 42 3.61 1.37 #64 Orlando Ribalta 43 0 2 2 41.0 33 18 18 38 3.95 1.24 #70 Mitchell Parker (IL) 22 3 3 1 39.2 46 29 13 34 6.58 1.49 #56 Matt Waldron 15 1 2 0 39.0 52 31 11 32 7.15 1.62 #59 Jake Bird (IL) 44 1 1 0 38.2 42 23 13 41 5.35 1.42 #50 PJ Poulin (IL) 35 3 0 3 36.2 27 11 21 25 2.70 1.31 #76 Will Dion 18 1 1 0 34.1 30 14 9 41 3.67 1.14 #75 Paxton Schultz (IL) 27 1 2 1 32.1 43 23 12 32 6.40 1.70 #47 Gus Varland (IL) 33 1 2 6 31.2 43 24 15 30 6.82 1.83 #55 Richard Lovelady (IL) 33 2 4 4 30.1 34 13 21 27 3.86 1.81 #74 Riley Cornelio (IL) 11 2 1 0 20.0 17 12 20 20 5.40 1.85 #51 Carson Palmquist (IL) 11 0 2 0 16.1 21 14 8 15 7.71 1.78 #34 Tom Cosgrove 16 1 2 1 15.0 15 8 4 13 4.80 1.27 #35 Max Kranick 14 0 0 0 14.2 20 10 7 9 6.14 1.84 #57 Zak Kent (IL) 10 0 0 0 14.1 18 10 7 11 6.28 1.74 #99 Cole Henry (IL) 11 0 2 0 13.2 17 12 7 15 7.90 1.76 #25 Jackson Kent 3 0 2 0 12.1 15 11 11 14 8.03 2.11 #46 Eddy Yean (IL) 7 0 1 0 10.0 5 2 2 6 1.80 0.70 #52 Ken Waldichuk (IL) 5 0 0 0 9.1 8 7 6 8 6.75 1.50 #48 Yovanny Cruz (IL) 10 0 1 0 9.1 12 6 6 10 5.79 1.93 Kyle Nicolas (IL) 7 1 0 0 7.1 8 7 13 7 8.59 2.86 Wyatt Mills (IL) 6 0 0 0 6.1 5 4 9 5 5.68 2.21 #73 Erik Tolman 3 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 2 2 0.00 1.50 #43 Luis Perales 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 3 3 18.00 3.50
Washington Nationals Advanced Stats
Hitters PA AVG OBP SLG ISO K% BB% #4 Daylen Lile lf 556 .251 .300 .424 .173 19.2% 5.8% #5 CJ Abrams ss 552 .274 .350 .519 .245 23.4% 8.7% #29 James Wood rf (IL) 535 .265 .393 .535 .270 28.6% 16.8% #26 Nasim Nuñez 2b 444 .216 .298 .250 .034 20.5% 10.1% #30 Jacob Young cf 408 .249 .314 .399 .150 16.9% 6.9% #3 Dylan Crews rf 340 .220 .291 .366 .146 24.1% 7.1% #20 Keibert Ruiz c 306 .281 .320 .453 .172 10.8% 5.2% #84 Jorbit Vivas 3b 295 .235 .329 .315 .080 13.9% 11.2% #12 Brady House 3b 274 .233 .296 .390 .157 27.7% 7.3% #8 José Tena dh 263 .233 .312 .390 .157 31.2% 9.1% #87 Andrés Chaparro 1b 159 .250 .358 .529 .279 21.4% 11.3% #14 Drew Millas c (IL) 152 .185 .277 .262 .077 24.3% 9.2% #81 Abimelec Ortiz 1b 76 .208 .250 .444 .236 23.7% 5.3% #17 Harry Ford c 72 .194 .306 .371 .177 27.8% 12.5% #45 Andrew Pinckney lf 20 .235 .300 .529 .294 30.0% 5.0%
Pitchers IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 WHIP #24 Cade Cavalli 148.2 10.23 2.60 3.93 1.03 1.21 #19 Connelly Early (IL) 91.2 9.13 3.34 2.74 1.47 1.25 #54 Andrew Alvarez 84.2 8.50 4.04 2.11 0.53 1.35 #27 Jake Irvin 81.2 9.04 4.30 2.10 1.54 1.40 #41 Brad Lord 67.1 8.02 3.61 2.22 0.94 1.19 #39 Clayton Beeter 42.1 8.93 6.17 1.45 1.28 1.37 #64 Orlando Ribalta 41.0 8.34 3.95 2.11 1.10 1.24 #70 Mitchell Parker (IL) 39.2 7.71 2.95 2.62 2.04 1.49 #56 Matt Waldron 39.0 7.38 2.54 2.91 1.62 1.62 #59 Jake Bird (IL) 38.2 9.54 3.03 3.15 1.40 1.42 #50 PJ Poulin (IL) 36.2 6.14 5.15 1.19 0.98 1.31 #76 Will Dion 34.1 10.75 2.36 4.56 1.57 1.14 #75 Paxton Schultz (IL) 32.1 8.91 3.34 2.67 1.39 1.70 #47 Gus Varland (IL) 31.2 8.53 4.26 2.00 1.99 1.83 #55 Richard Lovelady (IL) 30.1 8.01 6.23 1.29 1.19 1.81 #74 Riley Cornelio (IL) 20.0 9.00 9.00 1.00 0.45 1.85 #51 Carson Palmquist (IL) 16.1 8.27 4.41 1.88 0.55 1.78 #34 Tom Cosgrove 15.0 7.80 2.40 3.25 1.20 1.27 #35 Max Kranick 14.2 5.52 4.30 1.29 1.23 1.84 #57 Zak Kent (IL) 14.1 6.91 4.40 1.57 1.88 1.74 #99 Cole Henry (IL) 13.2 9.88 4.61 2.14 2.63 1.76 #25 Jackson Kent 12.1 10.22 8.03 1.27 0.73 2.11 #46 Eddy Yean (IL) 10.0 5.40 1.80 3.00 0.90 0.70 #52 Ken Waldichuk (IL) 9.1 7.71 5.79 1.33 3.86 1.50 #48 Yovanny Cruz (IL) 9.1 9.64 5.79 1.67 0.96 1.93 Kyle Nicolas (IL) 7.1 8.59 15.95 0.54 1.23 2.86 Wyatt Mills (IL) 6.1 7.11 12.79 0.56 0.00 2.21 #73 Erik Tolman 2.2 6.75 6.75 1.00 0.00 1.50 #43 Luis Perales 2.0 13.50 13.50 1.00 4.50 3.50
Upcoming Games
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Transactions
Assigned
Washington Nationals sent LHP DJ Herz on a rehab assignment to Rochester Red Wings.
Recalled
Washington Nationals recalled RHP Luis Perales from Rochester Red Wings.
Optioned
Washington Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Rochester Red Wings.
Signed as Free Agent
Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Tony Neubeck.
Designated for Assignment
Washington Nationals designated RHP Trevor Williams for assignment.
Signed as Free Agent
Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Tyler Papenbrock to a minor league contract.
Assigned
Washington Nationals sent RHP Josiah Gray on a rehab assignment to Wilmington Blue Rocks.
Status Change
Washington Nationals activated RHP Matt Waldron.
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