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09/25 21:08 CDT High-spending Mets assured of first last-place finish since
2003 with 7-6 loss to Nationals
High-spending Mets assured of first last-place finish since 2003 with 7-6 loss
to Nationals
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) --- The high-spending New York Mets were assured their first
last-place finish since 2003, losing to the Washington Nationals 7-6 Friday
night as Josiah Gray earned his first major league save in his first home
appearance in more than two years,
Dylan Crews homered for the Nationals (76-84), who have won nine of 10 and are
guaranteed fourth in the NL East. They have been fourth or fifth for seven
straight seasons since winning the 2019 World Series,
New York (73-87), which began the season with a major league record $358.4
million payroll, will finish last for the first time since it was 66-95 in 2002.
Bo Bichette and Carson Benge homered for the Mets. Benge became the first Mets
rookie with 20 homers and 20 steals in a season.
Gray worked around Juan Soto's two-out walk in the ninth, getting Bichette to
hit a soft grounder to the mound to cap his first outing at Nationals Park
since April 4, 2024. An All-Star in 2023, Gray underwent Tommy John surgery the
following year and did not return to the major leagues until last week.
Gus Varland (2-2) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Jonathan Pintaro (2-3) was
the loser.
Up next New York RHP Jonah Tong (2-2, 4.21 ERA) starts as the series continues Saturday in a game moved up to 12:35 p.m. because of rain forecast later in the day. LHP Connelly Early (7-5, 3.44), acquired from Boston for Curtis Mead on July 26, will come off the injured list to make his first start for the Nationals. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Up next New York RHP Jonah Tong (2-2, 4.21 ERA) starts as the series continues Saturday in a game moved up to 12:35 p.m. because of rain forecast later in the day. LHP Connelly Early (7-5, 3.44), acquired from Boston for Curtis Mead on July 26, will come off the injured list to make his first start for the Nationals. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
