The lead
May 18, 2026 - Washington, D.C. - The New York Mets walked out of Nationals Park after a 16-7, 12-inning marathon because Carson Benge delivered an RBI single and a two-run double during a 10-run 12th—the franchise's punctuation on a rally that CBS Sports/AP chronicled alongside Washington Post reporting.
According to AP copy carried by CBS, New York became the first National League club since the 1919 Cincinnati Reds to score at least 10 runs in an extra inning. Bo Bichette and Brett Baty homered earlier—Baty unloading a reported 451-foot shot—before Huascar Brazobán danced through jams that kept Washington from closing.
How the game turned
The Nationals forced extras by answering in the late innings, then left 19 runners stranded while stumbling through four errors in the 12th alone, per AP. Paxton Schultz opened the inning with a sacrifice bunt retired before seven straight Mets reached, including Vidal Bruján squeezing across an insurance tally and Baty ripping a two-run single as Washington outfielders chased chaos.
Washington eventually stationed infielder Jorbit Vivas on the bump while shuffling defenders—an umpire-reviewed scramble—before AJ Ewing and Benge added late insurance swings off the position player's emergency mound work.
Pitching and matchup notes
Brazobán stranded a bases-loaded jam in the 10th before bleeding a tying infield knock in the 11th amid traffic. Schultz soaked the defeat in his milestone 27th appearance. AthX Engine still graded the Mets at 28 team FP, second league-wide Monday, keyed by Bichette's 13 hitting FP pacing the daily hitter board alongside Tampa Bay stars.
Bats that changed the board
Benge surfaced as the lever in all three recent extra-inning wins according to CBS's AP feed. Marcus Semien, AJ Ewing, and Bruján chipped in RBIs amid the avalanche while Washington's sloppy inning turned stat lines ornamental.
AthX Engine fantasy angle
Ten-run frames rarely show up in daily fantasy models; when they do, team FP explodes irrespective of middling pitching lines. Outputs do not migrate directly to AthX dynamic pricing.
What comes next
The Mets—now 6-7 overall in extras per AP—meet Washington again Tuesday with rotations lined up toward Nolan McLean versus Foster Griffin according to CBS's game notes footer.
*Sources: MLB.com schedule, MLB gameday wrap, Washington Post recap, CBS Sports/AP box recap, CBS New York, AthX Engine scoring. Information only; not financial advice.*
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