"The Washington Nationals continued to play spoiler for their National League East rival New York Mets on Sunday, as the team took another game from the team in Queens and now have them on the verge of missing the postseason as a whole. With just about a week left in the regular season, the Mets will need to dramatically improve their play, as they lost their grip on a playoff spot for the first time since early April."
"Daylen Lile was the star of the show on Saturday night, as his dramatic, go-ahead inside the park homer lifted the Nationals to a 5-3 lead that had Mets fans pushed to the brink of their sanity. If that wasn't enough, Jacob Young made a pair of insane plays on Sunday that single-handedly kept the Mets from winning the game."
"Someone who wasn't known as much of an incredible defensive performer during his time with the Nationals was Carter Kieboom, who was once the top prospect in the organization who was supposed to be one of the future stars of this franchise. He was once deemed untouchable in trade talks and was thought to be the third baseman of the future, but his failure with the Nationals was just one of many shortcomings of the Mike Rizzo era of player development."
The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets twice over the weekend, putting the Mets on the verge of missing the postseason with about a week left in the regular season. The Mets had won Friday's opener 12-6 but lost Saturday after Daylen Lile hit a go-ahead inside-the-park home run to make it 5-3. Jacob Young made two spectacular defensive plays on Sunday, including a circus catch and a ninth-inning home run robbery, that prevented a Mets comeback. Former Nationals top prospect Carter Kieboom returned to the big leagues with the Los Angeles Angels after Zach Neto was placed on the injured list. Kieboom had solid AAA numbers.
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