The New York Mets rocketed past the Miami Marlins 9-7 in 10 innings at Citi Field on Friday night. The Marlins continued their road swing.
New York(24-33) piled on four runs in the opening frame and had a 4-0 lead. A.J. Ewing knocked in Bo Bichette and Juan Soto on a base hit up the middle with the bases loaded. Two batters later, Brett Baty singled through the right side to bring in Jared Young and Ewing.
Miami(26-32) cut the deficit to 4-1 in the top of the third. Xavier Edwards tripled off the center-field wall and Owen Caissie scored.
It became 5-1 for the Mets during the bottom of the third. Mark Vientos clobbered a solo home run to left field on a 1-1 count for his seventh homer of the year.
The Marlins made it 5-2 in the top of the fourth. Jakob Marsee drove in Kyle Stowers with a double down the left-field line.
New York regained a four-run lead 6-2 in the bottom of the fifth. Luis Torrens executed a sacrifice bunt. Joe Mack ended up with a throwing error to third and Marcus Semien easily reached home.
The Fish added two more runs in the sixth inning and they were down 6-4. Mack scored on a fielding error by Vientos at first. Stowers followed with a double into the right-field corner and Otto Lopez raced home.
In the top of the seventh inning, Miami trailed 6-5. Lopez hit a sacrifice fly into left field and Edwards was able to cross the plate.
The Mets increased it to 7-5 in the bottom of the frame. M.J. Melendez smacked a sacrifice fly into left-center field and Bichette touched home.
The Marlins climbed all the way back and tied it up 7-7 in the top of the eighth. Caissie connected with a two-run homer to right-center field on the first pitch with Marsee aboard. It turned out to be Caissie's fifth home run of the 2026 season.
New York picked up the walk-off victory in the bottom of the 10th. Melendez belted a two-run home run to right field on a 0-2 pitch with Vidal Brujan on base.