"Canadian Jonah Tong walked in from the bullpen to a loud ovation and took the mound to another boisterous reaction from the sellout crowd. Tong threw six pitches in three minutes and then sat for about 25 minutes. The 22-year-old from Markham, Ont., threw 20 more in the second inning and his break lasted slightly longer. In his anticipated debut, Tong completed his first five innings as a major leaguer on a Friday night when the Mets set a team record for runs in a home game and earned another start in New York's six-man rotation in the midst of a playoff race."
"The Mets hit two of their six homers in a five-run first inning, added another in a 28-minute seven-run second when they sent 11 to the plate en route to a 19-9 victory over the Marlins. "He was very good," manager Carlos Mendoza said. "It was kind of a like a weird game." Tong got three outs in the air in the first, then Juan Soto hit a two-run homer and Brandon Nimmo belted a three-run drive in the bottom of the inning."
"With the sellout crowd of 42,112 fans seemingly willing him to the finish, he got a called third strike on Liam Hicks with a 95 mph fastball. "I couldn't really feel my feet, but everything I ever dreamed of," Tong said. Tong got six strikeouts with a drastic over-the-top delivery. He threw 97 pitches and showcased 59 fastballs that averaged 95.4 mph."
Jonah Tong, 22 from Markham, Ont., made his major-league debut for the New York Mets, completing five innings and recording six strikeouts. Tong threw 97 pitches, including 59 fastballs that averaged 95.4 mph, using a drastic over-the-top delivery. The Mets produced six home runs and a franchise-record 19 runs at home, highlighted by a five-run first and a seven-run second inning. The game featured a sellout crowd of 42,112 and an energetic atmosphere as the Mets built early, sustained offensive support en route to a 19-9 victory over the Marlins.
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