The game was scoreless for four innings. Then the fifth arrived, and the Marlins turned a tie into control with four runs in a single frame, enough to hold off New York 5-2 at Citi Field.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Janson Junk set the tone for Miami, working five innings and allowing just 1 run on 3 hits with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks, improving to 5-6 on the season with a 4.58 ERA. He kept the Mets off balance long enough for his offense to do the damage, and the bullpen finished the job, covering 4 innings and allowing only 1 run across four relievers. Peter Fairbanks closed it out with a scoreless ninth for his 16th save.
The fifth inning turned the game. Jakob Marsee doubled to right to score Conine, breaking the 0-0 tie and giving Miami a lead it would not relinquish. Joe Mack followed with a single to left that brought home both Hernández and Marsee, and Xavier Edwards added another run with a single to right that scored Mack, putting Miami up 4-0. New York answered in the bottom half when A.J. Ewing singled to center to bring in Polanco, but the deficit was already too steep. Kyle Stowers added an insurance run in the sixth with a solo homer to center, his 16th of the season.
Kodai Senga took the loss for New York, allowing 3 runs on 2 hits over 4.0 innings with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks, falling to 0-8 with an 8.66 ERA. Francisco Lindor gave the Mets a spark late, homering to right in the seventh to make it 5-2, going 2-for-3 with a walk on the night. It wasn't enough to overcome the fifth-inning burst that decided the game.
The result dropped the Mets to 47-64, extending a difficult stretch as they fell into a 1-game losing streak. Miami improved to 56-55 and snapped out of its own inconsistency with the win, moving to 3rd in its division.