New York Mets at Washington Nationals
Final
Recap
WASHINGTON -- A.J. Ewing hit a go-ahead, three-run homer, Ronny Mauricio went deep from both sides of the plate for his first career multi-homer game and the New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Saturday. New York left fielder Juan Soto left the game in the ninth inning after he was hit on the right hand by a 91.7 mph sinker from Richard Lovelady. Mets manager Andy Green said X-rays were negative. Mets rookie Carson Benge had three hits for his 44th multihit game and 13th with three hits or more. Benge also made a sprawling, backhand catch in right field with two on in the third on Abimelec Ortiz’s sacrifice fly, a grab reminiscent of Ron Swoboda's against Baltimore's Brooks Robinson in Game 4 of the 1969 World Series.
Team stats
10Hits3
3Home runs0
4Walks1
8Strikeouts14
0Stolen bases0
144Pitches thrown164
14Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett BatySS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Francisco AlvarezC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ronny Mauricio2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Bichette3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick MorabitoPR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Vientos1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson BengeRF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francisco LindorDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Juan SotoLF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A.J. EwingCF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedniel NunezP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Nate LavenderP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobias MyersP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Devin WilliamsP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah TongP | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
