Marlins Walk it Off in Grand Fashion for the Series Sweep

Marlins 4, Mets 0 (LoanDepot Park, Miami, FL)

Mets Record: 22-31 Mets Streak: L3

Mets Last 10: 4-6

WP: Pete Fairbanks (2-2) LP: Devin Williams (3-2)

Seat On The Korner: Heriberto Hernández

We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets.

Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restaurant & Sports Bar.

With locations in Plainview and Farmingdale, The Main Event features 80+ HD TVs, fresh daily seafood, and Black Angus certified steaks—so you never have to choose between great food and the big game.

Today's Seat on the Korner goes to Marlins' Heriberto Hernández who entered the game as a pinch hitter and went 2-for-2 and the walk off Grand Slam homer off of Devin Williams to give the Marlins the Series Sweep. Not many highlights for Ralph to show, but Hernández takes home the vintage Members Only Jacket,

Need To Know:

• Juan Soto was originally in the starting lineup, but was scratched due to illness.

• New York has lost five of its last six.

• The Mets are 12-10 over their last 22 games.

• New York is 11-18 on the road this year, including

  2-5 on this current trip Nationals (2-2) and Marlins (0-3).

• The Mets head home for a series starting tomorrow vs. Cincinnati followed by the Marlins.

• The Mets were swept in Miami for the first time since July 29-31, 2022...New York has lost five of its last six road games in Miami dating to 2025

• The Mets are 12-10 in May...The team has posted a 3.36 ERA (74 ER/198 IP) with 198 strikeouts

• The Mets are 4-2 in Christian Scott's six starts this year...He

  has allowed two earned runs or less in five of his six starts.

• AJ. Ewing threw out Javier Sanoja at home.

  
  

• While nothing about the Mets season thus far has been funny, they were the subject of The Lockhorns Sunday Comic Strip.

  
  

  

Turning Point:

Pretty easy to circle a turning point in this one, it came in the ninth inning — and it will unfortunately belong to Devin Williams in a sequence that flipped the entire game on its head. He entered in a high-leverage spot after Christopher Morel led off the inning with a double, immediately putting pressure on the Mets’ closer. Esteury Ruiz came on as a pinch runner, and Javier Sanoja moved him over with a sacrifice, tightening the situation even further. After Liam Hicks worked a walk, Carlos Mendoza went to the mound for a visit, and the Mets elected to intentionally walk Xavier Edwards, loading the bases and setting up what they hoped would be a controlled, double-play scenario.

Instead, everything unraveled in a matter of pitches. Heriberto Hernández stepped in and delivered the defining swing of the game, launching a walk-off grand slam that stunned the Mets and turned Williams’ outing into a collapse. What had been a carefully constructed leverage situation disintegrated instantly, as Williams was charged with 1⁄3 of an inning, four runs (all earned), two walks, and a home run without recording a strikeout.

Three Keys:

Great Scott

Christian Scott may not have gotten the win, but the young right-hander delivered exactly the kind of outing the Mets have been waiting to see. Making just his 15th career Major League start, Scott turned in arguably the best performance of his young career, tossing 5.2 gritty innings while allowing just four hits, walking two and striking out five. More importantly, he showed poise. After struggling to work deep into games in recent starts, Scott repeatedly pitched out of trouble against Miami, flashing the composure of a veteran. The biggest moment came in the third inning when the Marlins loaded the bases with one out on a single and back-to-back walks. Rather than unravel, Scott dug in, striking out Owen Caissie before getting Kyle Stowers to bounce harmlessly to Marcus Semien to escape the jam. An inning later, after an infield hit, a hit batter and another runner in scoring position threatened to crack things open again, Scott responded by punching out Christopher Morel and inducing a harmless fly ball off the bat of Javier Sanoja to end the threat. For a pitcher who entered the night having failed to complete five innings in four of his first five starts this season — and carrying an ugly 7.88 ERA against Miami in his career — this was a major step forward. Scott once again kept alive one of the more underrated streaks in franchise history, becoming just the second Mets pitcher alongside Tom Seaver to allow four or fewer runs in each of his first 15 career starts. Christian Scott gave the Mets every chance to win and looked every bit like a young starter beginning to figure things out at the Major League level.

The Devin's in the Details

Devin Williams’afternoon unraveled in a way few could have seen coming, especially for a reliever who entered play riding a long stretch of dominance. He came on in a high-leverage spot after Christopher Morel led off the inning with a double, immediately putting pressure on the Mets’ closer. Esteury Ruiz was inserted as a pinch runner, and Javier Sanoja executed a sacrifice to move him to third, tightening the margin even further. After Liam Hicks drew a walk, Carlos Mendoza came out for a mound visit and the Mets opted for an intentional walk to Xavier Edwards, loading the bases and setting up the double play opportunity they wanted.

Instead, the inning flipped completely. Heriberto Hernández stepped in and delivered the knockout blow, launching a walk-off grand slam that stunned the Mets and sent Williams’ outing into collapse. What had been a carefully constructed leverage situation turned into disaster in a matter of pitches. Williams was charged with 1⁄3 of an inning, four runs (all earned), two walks, and a home run, failing to record a strikeout while watching his night implode in the most decisive moment.

For a pitcher who entered with elite swing-and-miss numbers and a track record as one of the game’s premier late-inning arms — including NL Reliever of the Year honors in both 2020 and 2023 — this was an uncharacteristic and brutal finish. The afternoon ended with the Mets on the wrong side of a walk-off grand slam.

Mets Offense Gone Fishing

The Mets’ offense never truly got off the ground in a frustrating three-game set against the Marlins, finishing the series with just four total runs on 12 hits — a level of production that simply isn’t going to win many series at any point in the season. There were brief flashes, but no sustained pressure, no consistent traffic on the bases, and far too many innings that ended quietly after a single or a missed opportunity with runners on. Miami’s pitching staff kept the Mets from ever settling in, mixing enough contact management and situational execution to prevent any momentum from building. In the end, it wasn’t one bad game that defined the series offensively — it was the steady absence of anything resembling a productive stretch, leaving the Mets to chase games they never really threatened to take control of.