None of it mattered against a Mets lineup that had already found its footing in this series. New York scored 6 runs in the second inning and spent the rest of the night trying to hold off a Marlins club that refused to go quietly.
Christopher Morel put a charge into the lead with a 2-run homer in the third, and Francisco Lindor followed with a 3-run shot in the seventh that looked like it put the game away. It didn't. Owen Caissie and Joe Mack both went deep late, and Miami kept scoring into the ninth to make a real game out of it.
Both bullpens took a beating. Duarte got the win in relief for New York and Myers closed it out, while Ekness wore the loss for Miami in a game where nobody's arm looked safe. The Mets picked up a scare of their own when Brett Baty came out with knee pain — the kind of injury that outlasts a series sweep. The Polymarket chat treated the ninth like appointment viewing, with one poster cracking it was "deadass gonna be higher score game than NE vs Seattle," and someone holding Miami asking simply, "how u get swept by the mets."
Whatever was left of Miami's pitching plan by the ninth inning, it wasn't enough. New York finished the sweep in a game that had no business staying this close for as long as it did.