Mets at Nats tonight — Alvarez listed, 6:45 at Nationals Park

Tonight at Nationals Park

The Washington Nationals host the New York Mets on Friday, Sep. 25, first pitch 6:45 p.m. ET at Nationals Park (MLB Stats API gamePk 822681).

It is the final weekend of the regular season and an NL East basement series — Washington 75-84, New York 73-86 after a 3-1 loss at Texas on Thursday (AP notes on the Mets side). Games like this still matter for how young arms and bats close a year, even when October is already decided elsewhere.

Andrew Alvarez is listed as the Washington probable on the MLB schedule hydrate — confirm the card before first pitch. The Mets starter was not listed on the hydrate at desk time; confirm on the club / Mets board.

Records (MLB hydrate)

• Washington — 75-84
• New York — 73-86 (lost 3-1 at Texas on Thursday per AP notes on the Mets side)

Probables

• WSH: LHP Andrew Alvarez (listed on the MLB schedule hydrate — confirm the card before first pitch)
• NYM: not listed on the hydrate at desk time — confirm on the club / Mets board

Series

• Sat, Sep. 26 — 4:05 p.m. ET
• Sun, Sep. 27 — 3:05 p.m. ET

Final weekend of the regular season.

Sport DMV read

Last weekend at the Park is still a DMV night — Alvarez on the card, a Mets club playing out the string, and two more first pitches after this one. Watch who gets extended looks in the lineup; these are the at-bats that shape winter evaluations more than the standings do. Three games left against a Mets club already fading — use them.

The Nationals page is the hub.

*Friday morning desk, Sep. 25, 2026. Analysis refresh. First pitch and WSH probable from MLB Stats API; Mets record context from Thursday’s Texas final.*