This is a Major League Baseball regular-season game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets held at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens. As a divisional rivalry contest in the National League East, the game has implications for season standings and head-to-head matchups. The contest takes place at the Mets’ home ballpark, the stadium that opened in 2009 as the successor to Shea Stadium.