Mets Week in Review: Disappointing Start to Homestand Ends with Sweeping A Division Rival

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Record Last Week: 4-3

Runs Scored Last Week: 33

Runs Surrendered Last Week: 25

Standings:

4th in NL East (26-33)

13.5 GB of 1st Place, 5.5 GB of a Wild Card Spot

Transactions:

5/26 New York Mets transferred CF Luis Robert Jr. from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Lumbar spine disc herniation.
5/26 New York Mets activated 1B Jared Young from the 10-day injured list.
5/26 New York Mets placed CF Tyrone Taylor on the 10-day injured list. Right hip flexor strain.
5/26 New York Mets activated LHP A.J. Minter from the 60-day injured list.
5/26 New York Mets optioned RHP Jonathan Pintaro to Syracuse Mets.
5/26 New York Mets optioned LF Nick Morabito to Syracuse Mets.
5/26 New York Mets selected the contract of 1B Eric Wagaman from Syracuse Mets.
5/27 New York Mets sent 1B Jorge Polanco on a rehab assignment to Binghamton Rumble Ponies.
5/28 New York Mets sent RHP Kodai Senga on a rehab assignment to Syracuse Mets.
5/30 New York Mets designated LHP Anderson Severino for assignment.
5/30 New York Mets optioned RHP Tobias Myers to Syracuse Mets.
5/30 New York Mets selected the contract of LHP Cionel Pérez from Syracuse Mets

Scores:

Game 53: NYM 2, CIN 7

Game 54: NYM 2, WAS, 7

Game 55: NYM 4, WAS 2

Game 56: NYM 9, MAI 7 (10)

Game 57: NYM 6, MAI 1

Game 58: NYM 10, MAI 1

Series Breakdown/Highlights

Reds Series: The Mets came home from a subpar road trip to take on the Reds at Citi Field.

In game one, Nolan McLean struggled for his second straight outing. He gave up seven runs in 3.1 innings, including two home runs. McLean struggling is not something the Mets want to see given the other issues in their rotation. His offense was only able to score two runs, a Marcus Semien home run and a Carson Benge RBI groundout.

Game two was not much better for the Mets. Chase Burnes shut them down for all but a Juan Soto two-run homer in the sixth inning. David Peterson gave up 11 hits and six runs over five innings. His poor performance cost him his spot in the Mets rotation, as his offense only recorded five hits and struck out 10 times.

Game three saw Jonah Tong pitch well once again, giving up just one unearned run in 3.2 innings, despite four walks and three hits. Tong’s success so far at the MLB level has been promising for the Mets with some of the other rotation issues. Carson Benge (two hits), Juan Soto (HR), and Eric Wagaman (HR) all drove in runs. Devin Williams came in for the save and loaded the bases with one out on three walks, but he also struck out three in the inning to earn his 8th save of 2026.

Marlins Series: The Mets had a bad series against the Marlins in Miami earlier this year. In return, they looked to give the Marlins a bad series in Queens—and succeeded.

Game one was a rock’em, sock’em game. The Mets took an early lead on some costly Marlins errors, but errors of their own and another bad outing by Tobias Myers, giving up an eighth-inning, game-tying two-run homer to Owen Cassie, sent this game to extra innings. Some Mets magic in the bottom of the 10th inning gave them a win on an MJ Melendez walk-off two-run home run off Marlins closer Pete Fairbanks.

Game two was as clean of a Mets win as you can have (until game three, ironically). Christian Scott pitched five innings, giving up just one run, and earned his first career MLB win as a result. His offense picked him up. Mark Vientos got the scoring started with a two-run double in the fourth inning, and the Mets never looked back. Carson Benge recorded three hits in the game, and Marcus Semien had two hits, and that was enough to hold down the Marlins.

Game three saw Nolan McLean get back to form, going five innings and giving up one run on just two hits while striking out two. He walked five batters in the outing, which should be a bit of a concern going forward, but he earned the win. David Peterson pitched four scoreless innings, allowing just two baserunners en route to his first career save. The Mets offense was started early off a Carson Benge solo home run and a five-run sixth inning, the big blow being a grand slam off the bat of Juan Soto that led the Mets to a laugher 10-1 win.