Mets Week in Review: Mets Stay Hot Despite Subway Series Loss

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New York Mets Weekly Snapshot

Record Last Week: 4-2

Runs Scored Last Week: 47

Runs Surrendered Last Week: 33

Standings

5th in NL East (69-80)

12.0 games back of the NL Wild Card (E-1)

Transactions

September 7: Recalled RHP Jonah Tong from Triple-A Syracuse.
September 7: Optioned RHP Justin Hagenman to Triple-A Syracuse.
September 8: Sent LHP Cionel Pérez on a rehab assignment to Double-A Binghamton.
September 11: Recalled RHP Jack Weisenburger from Triple-A Syracuse.
September 11: Designated RHP Chris Devenski for assignment.

Scores

Game 144: NYM 9, MIA 4

Game 145: NYM 7, MIA 5

Game 146: NYM 15, MIA 14

Game 147: NYY 6, NYM 4

Game 148: NYM 12, NYY 2

Game 149: NYY 2, NYM 0

Series Breakdown/Highlights

Marlins Series: The Mets entered Miami having won four of their previous six games and continued their strong September by sweeping the Marlins.

Jonah Tong returned to the rotation for Monday's opener and picked up his second major league victory in a 9-4 win. New York pounded out 16 hits and scored in five of the first six innings. Tong surrendered all four Miami runs in the second but settled down afterward, finishing five innings with seven strikeouts. The Mets' offense immediately answered Miami's four-run inning and continued adding on, giving the bullpen more than enough breathing room to finish the victory.

The Mets used the long ball to win Tuesday's game 7-5. Francisco Lindor opened the game with a leadoff homer before Juan Soto launched a three-run shot and Brett Baty added a 426-foot solo homer, with all three coming against Sandy Alcantara. Sean Manaea was perfect through five innings before Miami finally got to him for four runs in the sixth. The Marlins made another push in the ninth, but Kodai Senga struck out the final two batters to record his seventh save and give New York its third consecutive victory.

Wednesday's finale was one of the wildest games of the Mets' season. New York exploded for six runs in the second and built an 8-0 lead, only for Miami to erase the entire deficit and tie the game at eight in the sixth. Instead of folding, the Mets answered with another six-run inning in the seventh, capped by Francisco Lindor's three-run homer. Luis Torrens finished with four RBIs, while Christopher Morel went 3-for-4 with three RBIs after replacing an injured Brett Baty. Miami nearly erased another huge deficit by scoring six of the final seven runs, but Tobias Myers recorded the final two outs to preserve a remarkable 15-14 victory and complete the sweep.

Yankees Series: Following Thursday's off day, the Mets headed to Yankee Stadium for the final Subway Series of 2026. The weekend began on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and ended with the Yankees taking two of three, although the Mets delivered one of their most dominant victories of the season in between.

The Yankees jumped on Nolan McLean early in Friday's opener. Spencer Jones drove home the first run before Cody Bellinger launched a three-run homer in the second to give the Yankees a 4-1 advantage. Ben Rice added a solo homer in the fifth, and McLean finished with five runs allowed on 10 hits over five innings. The Mets attempted to rally behind RBIs from A.J. Ewing and Marcus Semien, with Ewing adding a solo homer in the ninth, but the comeback fell short in a 6-4 loss that snapped their four-game winning streak.

The Mets responded Saturday by delivering a statement 12-2 victory against Gerrit Cole and the Yankees. Francisco Lindor immediately set the tone with a leadoff home run before Luis Torrens hit a two-run homer in the second and Carson Benge went deep in the third. Benge added an RBI single in the fifth, Juan Soto homered in his return to Yankee Stadium, and Torrens added another RBI double. Lindor then put an exclamation point on the afternoon with a grand slam in the eighth, giving him five RBIs and two homers in the game. Jared Young added New York's sixth homer in the ninth as the Mets handed the Yankees one of their most lopsided losses of the season.

Unfortunately for the Mets, Sunday's rubber game went in the opposite direction. Yankees starter Cam Schlittler held New York to one hit over six scoreless innings, striking out eight and lowering his ERA to 1.95. Brett Baty's double was the Mets' only hit of the afternoon against Schlittler. Christian Scott pitched well enough to keep New York in the game, allowing only three hits and two runs over six innings while striking out seven, including Aaron Judge three times. But solo homers from Ben Rice and Austin Wells accounted for all the Yankees needed as the Mets were shut out 2-0, their 14th shutout loss of the season.