New York-Daylen Lile met a Homer in the park in the 11th Inning, who sent the Washington Nationals 5: 3 at the New York Mets on Saturday.
With a runner on the first base and an out, Lile drove a 2-2 sink from Tyler Rogers (4-6) from the middle wall. The ball caromed far away from Cedric Mullins when the fast lile circled the bases. He easily scored with a head game when the relay of Shortstop Francisco Lindor was high.
PJ Poulin pulled the team back in the lower half for his first career and threw a named Third Streik over Juan Soto to end him.
It was a costly defeat for the sloppy Mets that Cincinnati led to a game for the last National League Wild Card after the Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs 6: 3. New York lost 10 out of 14 in total.
The victory achieved a six-game skid for Last Place Nationals and ensured that they won't lose 100 games this season.
New York was kept fascinating by three Washington Pitchers for seven innings, but Pinch-Hitter Mark Vientos delivered a double with two runs in eighth place and Soto tape it with an RBI single in the ninth RBI single by Jose A. Ferrer.
Lile, who has the seven Homer of the Great League, also drawn and drove in three runs. The rookie meets in its last 20 games .377.
Sauryn Lao (1-0) threw a goalless inning for his first win in Major League and was third in the automatic runner.
Mets Rookie Nolan McLean allowed three runs in five innings – earned one. Errors from Soto in the right field and Pete Alonso helped Washington on the first basis, and McLean also threw a few costly wild parking spaces.
Cade Cavalli threw five shutout -ininnings for the Nationals.
Key moment
After New York tied the game in the ninth band, he had the bases loaded with one. Ferrer excluded Brandon Dimo and Starling Marte to force additional innings.
Key statistics
Lile's two-run shot was the first Homer in the park in additional innings. It was the first Homer in the park in Citi Field, since Charlie Blackmon met one for Colorado in July 2017. … Soto's field error was his first this year.
Next on
Mets LHP Sean Manaea (2-3, 5.40 ERA) returns from Paternity List at the National Rhp Jake Irvin (8-13, 5.76) in the last home game of the regular season in New York on Sunday.
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