WASHINGTON -- It had been two seasons since a Nationals pitcher went deeper than seven innings in a game.

On Thursday, second-year starter Jake Irvin delivered eight scoreless frames with just one hit in the Nationals’ 1-0 win over the Mets. He also struck out eight and allowed only one walk.

It was the most innings pitched by a Nats hurler since Patrick Corbin’s eight on June 28, 2022. Irvin became the first Nationals pitcher to dazzle with eight-plus scoreless innings and no more than one hit since Gio Gonzalez on July 31, 2017.

Irvin was so efficient -- throwing just 99 pitches (70 strikes) -- that the Nationals bullpen did not begin warming up until Derek Law in the eighth inning. Irvin continued his case for All-Star consideration, dropping his ERA to 2.80 in 18 starts.

Jesse Winker lifted the Nationals to the win with his fifth career pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning.