Monday, September 7, 2026 • 1:10 PM
loanDepot Park • Miami, FL
RHP Jonah Tong (1-1, 3.60) vs. RHP Eury Pérez (7-10, 3.72)
SNY

The Mets head to Miami on a high note! The Mets were down 2-0 for most of Sunday’s game until Brett Baty hit a solo home run to start the eighth inning. Then the Mets kept the rally alive thanks to Bo Bichette‘s go-ahead, three-run bomb. The Mets held on and enter Monday only one game back from fourth place in the NL East. Today the Mets are running out a young pitcher for a fourth game in a row – it’s finally Jonah Tong time!

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Mets Lineup

  1. Francisco Lindor, SS
  2. Juan Soto, DH
  3. Bo Bichette, 3B
  4. Carson Benge, RF
  5. Marcus Semien, 2B
  6. A.J. Ewing, CF
  7. Francisco Alvarez, C
  8. Brett Baty, 1B
  9. Nick Morabito, LF

Starting Pitcher: Jonah Tong

Jonah Tong made five starts for the Mets down the stretch last season, totaling 18 2/3 innings with a 7.71 ERA, 4.31 FIP, 1.768 WHIP and a 54 ERA+. His stats this season are skewed by one outing. At the end of May, he pitched 6 2/3 over two games, allowing only one unearned run. In his next outing, he allowed five runs, four earned over 3 1/3 innings. He’s made 23 starts totaling 107 innings in Syracuse this season with a 4.54 ERA. In his last four starts, he has allowed only two runs over 21 1/3 innings while striking out 23 batters. The Marlins have the following career stats against him:

Opposing Lineup

  1. Kyle Stowers, DH
  2. Heriberto Hernández, LF
  3. Griffin Conine, 1B
  4. Otto Lopez, SS
  5. Jakob Marsee, CF
  6. Javier Sanoja, 2B
  7. Owen Caissie, RF
  8. Graham Pauley, 3B
  9. Joe Mack, C

Eury Pérez has made 25 starts totaling 135 1/3 innings with a 3.72 ERA, 4.07 FIP, 1.182 WHIP and a 106 ERA+. His last two starts have been rough, allowing 11 runs over 7 2/3 innings on 11 hits, including four home runs while walking seven batters. His two starts against the Mets were pretty good this season, holding the Mets to three runs, two earned, over 12 1/3 innings. The Mets have the following career stats against Pérez:

  • Francisco Alvarez 0-1, 3 BB, K
  • Brett Baty 0-7, 2 K
  • Carson Benge 0-6, 2 K
  • Bo Bichette 4-11, 2B, K
  • A.J. Ewing 0-5, 2 K
  • Francisco Lindor 1-7, 2 BB, 4 K
  • Nick Morabito 0-2, 2 K
  • Marcus Semien 1-4
  • Juan Soto 3-6, 2 HR, K
  • Luis Torrens 0-2, K
  • Mark Vientos 1-3, HR, BB

Game Notes

  • The Marlins sit four games behind in the Wild Card standings for the last spot to punch their ticket to October. The Marlins spoiled the Mets’ playoff hopes on the last day of the season in 2025. The Mets look to seek revenge and play spoiler this time around.
  • To make room on the roster for Jonah Tong, the Mets optioned RHP Justin Hagenman to Triple-A Syracuse before Monday’s game.

Three Things To Watch For

  1. Bo Bichette. Bo Bichette’s season has had three themes. First, he just massively struggled. Then he started to get on base at a healthy clip, but with almost no power. Now the power has shown up. In his last seven games, he has gone 9-for-26 with three doubles and two home runs (.346/.414/.692). In his last 24 games, he has gone .311/.380/.578 with 13 of his 28 hits going for extra bases.
  2. Juan Soto. Since coming back from the injured list, Juan Soto has gone 5-for-28 over eight games with two home runs and three walks (.179/.258/.393). He’s coming back from a significant injury and still hasn’t found his groove. He has tremendous numbers against Pérez, so maybe today is the day he can get going again.
  3. Milestone Watch. Bo Bichette homered again in Sunday’s game, and now joins the list of players who are four home runs away from reaching the 20-homer mark for the season. Carson Benge needs four home runs to have a 20-20 season (and one more double to go 20-20-20). Francisco Lindor needs four more to reach 20 home runs again. There are 20 days left, so this is increasingly becoming a difficult number to reach, but one hot day can change that entirely.

Let’s go Mets!