Washington 3, at N.Y. Mets 2

NEW YORK (Interstat) – Jacob Young made a pair of sensational catches in center field Sunday afternoon, including a circus grab in the fifth inning, as the Washington Nationals held on to hand the New York Mets a costly 3-2 defeat at Citi Field. The loss dropped the Mets, who have lost 11 of their last 15 games and are 35-52 since mid-June, into a tie with the streaking Cincinnati Reds for the final National League wild card. The Reds, who beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0, hold the tiebreaker over New York. A crowd of 42,960 watched the Nationals improve… Read more...