The New York Mets somehow, barely, avoided an all-time mess Wednesday night.After blowing an eight-run lead, New York nearly surrendered a six-run advantage before holding on for a wild 15-14 victory over the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park.Not only did they score three times in the ninth inning to get within one run, but the Marlins also put the tying and go-ahead runners aboard with only one out. But New York’s Tobias Myers retired the game’s final two batters to end a contest in which the teams combined for 35 hits.“We got the two-point conversion on one of the touchdowns for the win,” interim Mets manager Andy Green said in a postgame TV interview. “It’s as crazy a game as you will see.”
Andy Green on the Mets' 15-14 win over the Marlins:
"We got the two-point conversion on one of the touchdowns for the win" 😂 pic.twitter.com/7ipCTMPvfy
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) September 10, 2026Wednesday’s contest was par for the course for a 2026 season that’s gone off the rails for New York.
By the time Christopher Morel hit a two-run homer in the third inning, the Mets already led 8-0 after producing a six-run spot an inning earlier. But the Marlins countered with three runs in the fourth inning and stunned with five more in the sixth to even the score.Then New York struck back.Powered by a Francisco Lindor three-run homer, the Mets scored six times in the seventh inning to pull back ahead 14-8 — and then nearly frittered away the lead again.Miami and New York traded runs with the score 15-9 going into the bottom of the eighth. Then the Marlins kept going, tallying two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth.After Mets reliever Nate Lavender yielded hits to four of the first five batters he faced in the ninth inning, Green called upon Myers, his final pitcher available. Leading 15-14, Myers surrendered a single to put runners on first and second before retiring Owen Caissie and Graham Pauley to escape the jam.“It was one of those days where it was tough to get anybody out,” Green said.It’s been one of those years for the Mets, who boasted a major-league high $352 million Opening Day payroll.A 12-game losing streak in April immediately sank the team’s postseason aspirations. By the end of April, New York was 11 1/2 games out of first place in the National League East. Manager Carlos Mendoza was fired on June 26, and the team traded eight players before the Aug. 3 deadline.
