Nationals 3-2 Mets (Sep 21, 2025) Recreation Recap

NEW YORK — — Jacob Young made a pair of sensational catches in heart subject to stop extra-base hits Sunday because the Washington Nationals held on and handed the New York Mets a pricey 3-2 defeat.

The Mets, who’ve misplaced 11 of 15 and are 35-52 since mid-June, dropped right into a tie with the streaking Reds for the ultimate National League wild card. Cincinnati, which beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0, holds the tiebreaker over New York.

With the Mets down 3-1, Brett Baty led off the fifth inning with an extended fly to heart towards Jake Irvin (9-13). Young initially made a twisting, leaping catch, however misplaced the ball as he crashed into the wall. As the ball was falling towards the bottom, a stumbling Young kicked it again up into the air — hacky-sack type — and gloved it a second time for a circus catch.

Young made an much more well timed catch when he leaped and reached over the left-center fence to rob Francisco Alvarez of a tying homer main off the ninth.

Francisco Lindor homered main off the sixth for the Mets, however Mitchell Parker escaped a two-on, one-out jam. Making his first main league reduction look after 59 begins, Parker threw the ultimate 3 2/3 innings to earn the save in reduction of Irvin, who entered 0-8 with a 9.00 ERA in his earlier 9 outings.

Daylen Lile scored on Lindor’s throwing error at shortstop within the second, when Nasim Nuñez hit a two-run homer off Sean Manaea (2-4), reinstated from the paternity checklist earlier than the sport.

Cedric Mullins had an RBI single within the second, when his sinking liner eluded a sliding Lile, who exited with a bruised left knee.

Manaea gave up 4 hits and struck out three in three-plus innings.

Key second

Nuñez’s homer was his third this month after he went his first 74 large league video games with out one.

Key stats

The Nationals received their second sequence over the Mets in a month. … The Mets completed 49-32 at house and drew 3,182,057 followers to Citi Field this season — their most ever on the ballpark, which opened in 2009.

Up subsequent

LHP MacKenzie Gore (5-14, 4.00 ERA) begins Monday because the Nationals proceed their remaining highway journey towards LHP Chris Sale (5-5, 2.35) and the Atlanta Braves.

After a day without work, LHP David Peterson (9-6, 3.98 ERA) pitches Tuesday for the Mets at Wrigley Field towards Chicago Cubs rookie Cade Horton (11-4, 2.66).

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