Native New Yorker Shines on Canada Day as Jays Take Series from Mets

Blue Jays 9 Mets 3 (Rogers Centre • Toronto, ON, Canada)

Mets Record: 36-51

Mets Streak: L1

Mets Last 10: 2-8

WP-Spencer Miles (4-1)

LP-Freddy Peralta (5-7)

SV-Patrick Corbin (1)

Seat On The Korner: Sean Keys

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.

Long Island native Sean Keys blew the game open with a three run home run off of Freddy Peralta in the bottom of the third to earn the seat next to Ralph. Keys, a left hand batter who was born in Huntington, Long Island, drove a 1-0 pitch from Peralta to the opposite field and over the left field wall for his first Major League home run and his first three RBI in his 10th big league at bat. The blast capped off a four run rally that gave the Blue Jays a 5-0 lead.

Need To Know:

• The Mets are 11-10 vs. American League teams this season. Mets are 313-310 in Interleague play since it began in 1997.

• Mets played for the seventh time on Canada Day. Mets are 3-4 all time on the Canadian holiday (3-2 in Montreal, 0-2 in Toronto).

• Mets were 0 for 17 with RISP in this series. 2 for 33 in their past four games.

• Carson Benge hit his 10th home run, a two run shot off Patrick Corbin the 8th inning to get the Mets on the board. Benge who had two of the Mets five hits, was the most effective hitter for the Mets in the series (.308, 4 for 13 with a HR and 2 RBI).

• Mets 2 thru 7 hitters in the lineup were 1 for 21. Francisco Lindor's solo home run in the ninth was the only hit among that group.

• Bo Bichette was 1 for 10 in his return to Toronto. In the three game series, Juan Soto was 1 for 9, A.J. Ewing was 1 for 10.

• A.J. Minter tossed an inning and a third of scoreless ball. Minter has not allowed an earned run all season. The left hander, who has not allowed an earned run since 4/4/2025, moved ahead of Francisco Rodriguez and John Franco for the second longest (25 games) such streak in franchise history.

  
  

Turning Point:

The third inning. The Jays were leading 1-0 with a man on first and one out. Alejandro Kirk hit a "screaming" line drive to shortstop. Francisco Lindor appeared to be able to snag it but it went off of his glove to put runners on first and second as Kirk was credited with a hit. After Yohendrick Pinango flied out, Ernie Clement doubled in a run to make it 2-0. The next batter was Keys who made it 5-0 with his three run home run. If Lindor could've caught the line drive, the Jays would not have had the four run rally.

Three Keys:

What Goes Up Must Come Down

After giving up five runs in 4 IP against Toronto, Freddy Peralta continued his recent pattern of alternating good and bad outings over his last six starts. In his start on 5/29 against Miami, he gave up four runs in 4.2 IP. On 6/3 in Seattle, Peralta gave up one run in 6 IP. The following start on 6/9, he gave up six earned runs in 6 IP against the Cardinals. On 6/14, Peralta gave up one run in 5 innings against the Braves. Then, on 6/20, Peralta was bombed for 10 earned runs in 2.2 IP against the Phillies. In his previous start before today, Peralta gave up three unearned runs in 5.2 IP against the Cubs.

The Corbinmite Maneuver (With respect to the original Star Trek series)

Ol' friend Patrick Corbin, who was struggling as a starter, made his first appearance out of the bullpen. Corbin, who posted a 5.09 ERA in 15 starts this season, gave up three runs on 4 hits in tossing the final five innings to earn his first save of the season and his first career save against the Mets. Corbin made his 32nd career appearance and only his second in relief against the Mets.

Arm-A-Gettin'

Mets outfielders threw out a pair of Jays runners at second base in the seventh inning. A.J. Ewing had the first good throw as he recorded his second outfield assist of the season. Kazuma Okamoto lined a ball up the gap in right center field that looked like a sure double. Ewing played it perfectly off the wall and fired a strike to Francisco Lindor who applied the tag to nab Okamoto "by a mile."

Tyrone Taylor matched Ewing as he threw out Ernie Clement who was trying to stretch a single into a double.