An afternoon after a failed comeback attempt, the Mets played a crisp game behind one of their young studs and won the series against the Padres, 6-1.

After a truly hellacious start last time out, the Jonah Tong we’ve been promised was back today. In the first, Tong gave up back to back one-out singles to Luis Arraez and Manny Machado, but Machado was thrown out at second base by Brandon Nimmo trying to stretch a single into a double. A strikeout to Jackson Merrill ended the top of the frame.

The Mets got on the board quickly, with Pete Alonso hitting his 37th home run of the season to put the Mets up 1-0. In the second, neither team would move a runner past first base, and both Tong and Padres starter Randy Vásquez punching out two batters.

The third was where Tong hit his only real ro

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