was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse<\/a> before the game, with Craig Kimbrel designated for assignment.<\/p>\nSoto had the Mets\u2019 only two hits (he also singled in the fourth) until A.J. Ewing\u2019s single in the eighth. <\/p>\n
But Ewing was thrown out attempting to steal second for the final out. <\/p>\n
In the ninth, Carson Benge drew a two-out walk from Pete Fairbanks before Bo Bichette was retired.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been playing a good baseball the last couple of days,\u201d Soto said. \u201cI feel like we scored a good amount of runs in D.C., and before that we took care of business [at home]. We have been doing well. It was a tough day today and sometimes you have got to tip your cap to a guy who is throwing 100 [mph] and then his offspeed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Juan Soto #22 of the New York Mets hits a solo home run during the first inning against the Miami Marlins at loanDepot park on May 22, 2026 in Miami, Florida. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Eury P\u00e9rez\u2019s heat created much of the Mets\u2019 angst, but the right-hander also entered the day with a 5.33 ERA. <\/p>\n
He toyed with the Mets over 6 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings before the Marlins\u2019 bullpen finished strong, with five strikeouts over the final 2 \u00b2\/\u2083 frames.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou take the positive, obviously it\u2019s not what you want as far as the results,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cBut on a night we went in there trying to piece it together there was a lot of good things from the pitching staff. We just didn\u2019t get anything other than a couple of at-bats from Soto, a couple of hard-hit balls from Benge. Other than that, we couldn\u2019t put together anything against Perez.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soto\u2019s fourth home run in as many games gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in the first inning. <\/p>\n
Soto\u2019s 449-foot blast to right-center against P\u00e9rez continued a sizzling stretch for the All-Star outfielder, who began the day with a 1.357 OPS over his previous eight games.<\/p>\n
Soto\u2019s thunder included a two-homer game on Wednesday in Washington.<\/p>\n
Tobias Myers, as the opener, worked 1 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings and allowed one earned run.<\/p>\n
Esteury Ruiz doubled and stole third, before he scored on Owen Caissie\u2019s ground out. <\/p>\n
Myers served as an opener for a second time this season.<\/p>\n
New York Mets relief pitcher Jonah Tong (21) delivers a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the sixth inning at loanDepot Park. Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Caissie\u2019s RBI single in the fourth against Manaea put the Mets in a 2-1 hole. <\/p>\n
Manaea got two quick outs in the inning before Ruiz hit a slicing fly ball to right that bounced as Benge slid toward the foul line. <\/p>\n
Ruiz raced to third base.<\/p>\n
Tobias Myers, right, hands the bal to manager Carlos Mendoza, left, after being relieved during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky<\/p>\n
Nick Morabito\u2019s diving catch in left helped prevent a run in the fifth. <\/p>\n
Javier Sanoja doubled leading off the inning and stole third with two outs before Connor Norby hit a sinking line drive that Morabito snagged on a dive.<\/p>\n
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Jakob Marsee\u2019s leaping catch near the top of the center-field fence deprived Benge of an extra-base hit for the Mets\u2019 final out in the sixth.<\/p>\n
Manaea gave the Mets 3 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings in relief and allowed one earned run on four hits with three strikeouts.<\/p>\n
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It was the lefty\u2019s first appearance since last Sunday in the Subway Series, when he allowed two earned runs over four innings in relief. <\/p>\n
Manaea has struggled for most of the season before showing glimpses of hope more recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just a different guy right now with the way he\u2019s moving on the mound, with his delivery, the way the ball is coming out,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cHe\u2019s attacking and it\u2019s just good to see him get swings and misses with his fastball. When he\u2019s at his best he does that, he can elevate it, the two-seamer going into righties, it makes all the other pitches more effective.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tong was also effective, with three hitless innings in which he struck out two and walked one.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was awesome to be out there with the boys again,\u201d said Tong, who started five games for the Mets\u2019 last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 The Mets\u2019 patchwork pitching plan worked out just fine Friday night, but a sputtering lineup couldn\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":816040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,98415,3693,1286,1266,405,403,1305,5226,5225,5228,5227,26096,62,216472,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-816039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-jonah-tong","tag-juan-soto","tag-miami-marlins","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-mets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-sean-manaea","tag-sports","tag-tobias-myers","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116621924441041597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}