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May 18, 2026
Mets
16
Final
Nationals
7
Simulated win probability — "deserved to win"Mets 61% · tied 10% · Nationals 29%
How win probability is simulated
  • Win probability comes from resampling every batted ball thousands of times — using launch angle, exit velocity, and ballpark factors.
  • It's the simulator's view of who "deserved" to win, regardless of the actual scoreboard.

Team comparison

Both team bars grow from the same left edge, scaled within each row — longer is more.

Runs
16
7
Est. bases
26.1
15.2
Total bases
28
18
Home runs
2
0
Barrels
6
0
Walks/HBP
4
11
Strikeouts
9
10
GIDP
1
0
Stolen bases
0
1
Left on base
8
19
Errors
0
3

Batting

Bases created

Total bases each batter created (estimated bases from batted balls, plus one per walk).

Mets
Nationals
How to read this chart
Ranked top to bottom. Grouped by team, longest first.

Bases above replacement

Bases each hitter created beyond a freely-available bench bat.

How to read this chart
“Replacement” is the bench bat any team could call up for free, so the scale puts a pinch-hitter and a full-game starter side by side: it measures bases produced against that baseline in the same number of plate appearances, not raw totals.

Batting luck diagnostic

Each batter's net luck: actual bases minus the bases their contact deserved.

Mets
Lucky
Unlucky
Nationals
Lucky
Unlucky
How to read this chart
“Deserved” is estimated bases — what contact like that usually earns, regardless of where it landed. Click a batter to see each ball and watch it on Baseball Savant.

Pitching

Bases given up

Total bases each pitcher allowed (estimated bases from balls in play, plus one per walk).

Mets
Nationals
How to read this chart
Sorted most to least. Grouped by team, longest first.

Bases above replacement

Bases each pitcher prevented beyond a freely-available replacement arm.

How to read this chart
“Replacement” is the arm any team could call up for free, and the comparison accounts for the batters each pitcher actually faced. Starters and relievers are held to separate baselines, because a reliever’s inning is the easier job.

Pitching matchup

Each staff’s pitchers side by side.

How to read this chart
Hover or tap the ⓘ on any metric for what it means, or click a row to see the per-pitcher breakdown.

How each pitcher performed

Each pitch type graded in bases saved or cost vs. an average pitcher in the same counts.

Metspitching
Christian Scott4.0 IP · 20 BF · 5 K · 3 BB
1.1 bases cost

The Cutter got hit — 3 balls in play worth 2.4 expected bases. 3 of his 7 whiffs came on the Four-Seamer.

Splitter1 thrown (1% tonight, season 3%)
0.0 bases
Austin Warren2.0 IP · 7 BF · 1 K · 1 BB
1.3 bases saved

About an average night — −1.3 bases vs average on 7 batters.

Sinker2 thrown (7% tonight, season 25%)
−0.2 bases saved
Brooks Raley0.7 IP · 5 BF · 0 K · 2 BB
1.7 bases cost

The Sweeper got hit — 2 balls in play worth 1.9 expected bases. Overall 1.7 bases worse than an average pitcher facing the same counts.

Sinker3 thrown (13% tonight, season 21%)
+0.6 bases cost
Changeup2 thrown (9% tonight, season 12%)
+0.2 bases cost
Tobias Myers1.3 IP · 7 BF · 1 K · 1 BB
0.8 bases cost

About an average night — +0.8 bases vs average on 7 batters.

Cutter4 thrown (16% tonight, season 12%)
+0.1 bases cost
Splitter3 thrown (12% tonight, season 23%)
+0.2 bases cost
Luke Weaver1.0 IP · 5 BF · 2 K · 0 BB
1.0 bases saved

His Changeup did the damage prevention — 0.7 bases better than average on 8 pitches.

Changeup8 thrown (42% tonight, season 35%) · 4 whiffs
−0.7 bases saved
Cutter1 thrown (5% tonight, season 14%)
−0.1 bases saved
Huascar Brazobán2.0 IP · 10 BF · 1 K · 2 BB
1.5 bases saved

His Changeup did the damage prevention — 1.4 bases better than average on 11 pitches.

Craig Kimbrel1.0 IP · 5 BF · 0 K · 0 BB
0.9 bases saved

His Four-Seamer did the damage prevention — 1.0 bases better than average on 20 pitches.

Nationalspitching
Jake Irvin4.0 IP · 18 BF · 6 K · 1 BB
0.7 bases cost

The Sinker got hit — 4 balls in play worth 4.6 expected bases. His Curveball did the damage prevention — 0.8 bases better than average on 13 pitches.

Changeup1 thrown (1% tonight, season 8%)
+0.1 bases cost
PJ Poulin1.0 IP · 5 BF · 1 K · 1 BB
0.8 bases saved

About an average night — −0.8 bases vs average on 5 batters.

Sinker3 thrown (19% tonight, season 23%)
0.0 bases
Mitchell Parker3.0 IP · 11 BF · 2 K · 0 BB
1.5 bases cost

His Slider did the damage prevention — 1.7 bases better than average on 21 pitches. The Curveball got hit — 2 balls in play worth 3.9 expected bases.

Orlando Ribalta1.0 IP · 3 BF · 0 K · 0 BB
0.9 bases saved

Faced only 3 batters.

Four-Seamer4 thrown (44% tonight, season 28%)
−0.2 bases saved
Gus Varland2.0 IP · 7 BF · 0 K · 1 BB
1.1 bases cost

The Four-Seamer got hit — 5 balls in play worth 3.1 expected bases.

Paxton Schultz0.3 IP · 7 BF · 0 K · 1 BB
0.8 bases cost

The Cutter got hit — 4 balls in play worth 2.3 expected bases.

Slider3 thrown (12% tonight, season 7%)
0.0 bases
Changeup1 thrown (4% tonight, season 14%)
+0.5 bases cost
Jorbit Vivas0.7 IP · 6 BF · 0 K · 0 BB
1.4 bases cost

The Eephus got hit — 6 balls in play worth 4.1 expected bases.

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How to read this chart
  • Every pitch is scored against the league: throwing a strike (or getting a whiff or weak contact) beats the average outcome from that count; balls and hard contact fall short of it.
  • “Saved” means fewer expected bases than an average pitcher facing the same counts; “cost” means more. Contact is judged by estimated bases, not luck.
  • This grades every pitch against an average pitcher. The “Bases above replacement” board higher up compares the whole outing to a freely available fill-in arm instead, so its totals read a few bases friendlier — same outing, different question.
  • Click a pitch row to watch the balls hit against it.

Pitching luck diagnostic

Each pitcher's net luck on contact: deserved bases against minus what actually scored.

Mets
Lucky
Unlucky
Nationals
Lucky
Unlucky
How to read this chart
“Deserved” is estimated bases on the opponents' contact. Unlucky means bloops and seeing-eye hits fell in; lucky means hard contact found gloves. Click a pitcher to see their biggest swings and watch them on Baseball Savant.

Player spotlight

Pick any player from this game to see what they actually did — every ball they hit, every pitch they saw or threw, and who they did damage against.

Where Bo Bichette hit it

Every ball Bo Bichette hit this game, where it landed.

336'406'335'
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Cumulative bases through the game

Finished +0.8 bases ahead of deserved.

7 PA3 H1 BB0 HBP0 K106.0 mph Hardest hit

Total basesActual: 8Deserved: 7.2
PA 1 vs Jake Irvin: out — 0.0 deserved basesPA 2 vs Jake Irvin: walkPA 3 vs PJ Poulin: out — 0.1 deserved basesPA 4 vs Mitchell Parker: home run — 3.3 deserved basesPA 5 vs Gus Varland: out — 1.1 deserved basesPA 6 vs Paxton Schultz: single — 0.8 deserved basesPA 7 vs Jorbit Vivas: double — 0.8 deserved bases
BB
How to read this chart
Every plate appearance, actual bases vs. what their contact deserved. Hover a column for that plate appearance.

Pitch mix

Share of pitches seen by type, and how much damage they did on contact.

Fastball72%

2.0 deserved bases on contact

Breaking17%

3.4 deserved bases on contact

Offspeed10%

0.8 deserved bases on contact

Matchups vs pitchers

Actual vs. deserved bases against each opponent, biggest matchup first.

Mitchell Parker
Actual
4.0
Deserved
3.3
Gus Varland
Actual
0.0
Deserved
1.1
Jake Irvin
BB
Actual
1.0
Deserved
1.0
Paxton Schultz
Actual
1.0
Deserved
0.8
Jorbit Vivas
Actual
2.0
Deserved
0.8
PJ Poulin
Actual
0.0
Deserved
0.1
How to read this chart
The symbols beside each name are that matchup's plate appearances — BB walk, HBP hit by pitch, K strikeout, and a dot for a ball in play. Both bars share one scale across every row.

Batted balls

Every ball put in play in this game — where it landed and how many bases that kind of contact usually earns.

Where every ball landed

Every ball in play, split by team, on Nationals Park.

Mets44 BIP · 4 BB/HBP
336'406'335'
Nationals38 BIP · 11 BB/HBP
336'406'335'
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How to read this chart
Dot size scales with exit velocity; color shows estimated bases (EB), from pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Tap a dot for its details, then use the Watch on Savant link to see the play. Nationals Park — outfield wall drawn from real park dimensions.

The hardest-hit contact of the game, ranked by estimated bases.

How to read this table
Tap a row for exact outcome odds and a Savant video link, or show all batted balls to sort by any column and filter by team or player.

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