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Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto and Brett Baty homered off Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara as the New York Mets won 7-5 in Miami on Tuesday night.
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Mets starter Sean Manaea (5-7) was perfect through five innings. His strong first inning — three outs on four pitches — set the tone before he allowed five hits and four runs without getting an out in the sixth.
The Marlins got the tying run to the plate in the ninth against Kodai Senga, but the right-hander fanned the last two batters for his seventh save in seven tries.
The Mets (67-78) will go for a three-game sweep of the Marlins (72-74) on Wednesday. Since selling off at the trade deadline, the Mets are 20-12. The Marlins, meanwhile, have lost five of their past six games to cripple their wild-card playoff chances.
Lindor led off the game with his 17th homer of the year. Soto hit a three-run shot in the second, his 24th long ball of the year, and Baty cracked a solo homer in the third off Alcantara.
Lindor homered on the game’s first pitch. It was his 35th career blast from the leadoff position in the first inning.
Alcantara (13-10) allowed seven hits, four walks and seven runs in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out one as the Marlins lost in his sixth straight start.
On the bright side for Alcantara, he reached 200 innings for the season. It’s the third time he has reached that milestone and the first time since he had elbow surgery in 2023.
New York opened the scoring with a two-run first. After Lindor’s 405-foot homer to center, the Mets drew two walks. Jared Young then banged an RBI single that nearly hit Alcantara with a 105 mph exit velocity.
The Mets made it 5-0 in the second as Francisco Alvarez singled, Lindor was hit by a pitch and Soto hit his homer 417 feet to center.
Baty’s solo homer in the third traveled 426 feet. He added a sacrifice fly in the fifth to make it 7-0.
Jakob Marsee broke up Manaea’s perfect game with a bloop single leading off the sixth. That was the first of six Marlins hits in the inning, which included RBIs by Jared Serna and Brian Navaretto (doubles) and Otto Lopez and Javier Sanoja (singles) as Miami cut its deficit to 7-4.
Miami threatened again in the seventh, getting runners to second and third with one out against reliever Nate Lavender. But Lavender struck out Kyle Stowers on three pitches and got Heriberto Hernandez on a groundout. Lavender, who made his major league debut last month, has a 0.00 ERA in 14 innings.
Miami cut its deficit to 7-5 in the ninth on consecutive doubles by Joe Mack and Marsee, but Senga struck out Owen Caissie and Stowers to end the game.
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This story was originally published September 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM.