The Mets had answered a three-run deficit in the bottom of the second inning with McNeil looping in an RBI single to score Brandon Nimmo. Then, Soto, who finished 2-for-4 with two RBI, drove an opposite-field home run to left field in the bottom of the third inning to slice the Mets' deficit to 3-2.

With his former team leading 3-1 in the third inning, facing starter MacKenzie Gore, who the San Diego Padres traded to Washington for Soto in 2022, Soto hit a hanging slider over the wall in left field to bring the Mets within one run of the Nationals.

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Within a Mets system that has taken leaps in improving its pitching development and reputation, the most significant rise in 2025 might belong to Jonah Tong.

Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was placed on the paternity list Tuesday before New York opened a three-game series against the Nationals.

The Washington Nationals recalled first baseman and designated hitter Andrés Chaparro from Triple-A Rochester before Tuesday night's game against the New York Mets. Chaparro was available off the bench for the series opener at Citi Field.

Sykora is back from offseason hip surgery and throwing well at High A, while Benge has made improvements to his hitting mechanics.

In MLB.com’s latest Cy Young poll, which surveyed 40 baseball experts, New York Mets ace Kodai Senga was notably left out of the top five favorites to win the National League award. The pitchers who did make the list included MacKenzie Gore of the Washington Nationals,