Crews homers as Nationals hold off Mets 7–6

Dylan Crews homered, scored three runs and stole two bases as Washington beat the Mets 7–6 Friday, September 25, at Nationals Park.

CJ Abrams drove in two runs with a first-inning single. Washington added four runs in the third to take a 6–3 lead, with Daylen Lile and Keibert Ruiz each recording an RBI in the inning.

The Mets cut the deficit to one in the fifth on home runs by Bo Bichette and Carson Benge. Crews’ seventh-inning homer gave Washington a 7–5 cushion before New York scored once in the eighth.

Josiah Gray pitched a scoreless ninth for the save, allowing a walk and striking out one. Gus Varland earned the win with 1⅓ scoreless innings. Lile, James Wood and Jacob Young each had two hits for Washington.

Sources: Game report and box score.

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