Overview

• Young made two game-saving plays in center, including a fifth-inning grab he completed by kicking the ball into his glove and a ninth-inning leaping catch to take away a potential tying homer from Francisco Alvarez.
• Washington scored all three runs in the second inning on Alfaro’s RBI double followed by Nunez’s two-run blast to left-center.
• Starter Jake Irvin ended a six-game personal skid, allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings with five strikeouts.
• Mitchell Parker recorded the save with 3 2/3 scoreless innings, stranding four runners to preserve the one-run lead.
• The loss tightened New York’s pursuit of the NL’s third wild card, reported as a half-game edge over the Reds, while Daylen Lile exited with a left-knee contusion after crashing into a fence.