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Nationals Rookie Daylen Lile Wins Game With 11th-Inning Inside-the-Park Homer at Citi Field

Statcast measured his home-to-home time at a Nationals-record 14.86 seconds.

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Sep 20, 2025; New York City, New York, USA; Washington Nationals designated hitter Daylen Lile (51) hits a two run inside the park home run in the eleventh inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images
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Overview

  • Lile’s liner off reliever Tyler Rogers kicked off the center-field wall and turned into a two-run inside-the-park homer that put Washington ahead in the 11th of a 5-3 win over the Mets.
  • It was MLB’s first extra-innings inside-the-park home run since Aug. 12, 2020, and the first such extra-innings feat in Nationals franchise history.
  • Statcast recorded a 14.86-second home-to-home sprint, the fastest by a Nationals player in the Statcast era.
  • The 22-year-old is slashing .370/.425/.753 in September during his standout first month in the majors.
  • With seven triples and four homers this month, he is the first rookie to hit those marks in a calendar month since Vada Pinson in 1963 and one of four players in the last 85 years alongside Pinson, Willie Mays and Enos Slaughter.