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Jonah Tong’s mom, Karen, and dad, Alex, were in attendance , but this was the equivalent of 42,112 Little League parents at Citi Field on Friday night.

Tong received a loud ovation — mostly standing — while walking in from the bullpen in right-center field to the dugout, side by side with Luis Torrens, as his Major League debut approached. And with the drama of this game drained after the Mets scored a franchise-record 12 runs over the first two innings, the sellout crowd was now exhorting Tong toward his personal finish line and to qualify for his own win.

They lived and died with each pitch — invested in the

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