US EditionTong Pitches 5 Innings in Debut, Mets Set Team Record for Runs at Home in 19-9 Romp over Marlins
Jonah Tong pitched five innings with six strikeouts and one earned run as the Mets set a franchise record with 19 runs in a home game, winning 19-9.
- On Friday, Jonah Tong made his major league debut at Citi Field, earning his first win in the New York Mets' 19-9 victory over the Miami Marlins.
- This month, the Mets promoted Jonah Tong after he dominated the minors with a leading 1.43 ERA; he was the second top prospect promoted, following Nolan McLean, president David Stearns said.
- With an over-the-top delivery that drew Tim Lincecum comparisons, Jonah Tong struck out six without a walk across five innings, throwing 63 of 97 pitches for strikes and relying 61% on his mid-90s fastball.
- The win kept the Mets 73-62 and five games behind the Phillies, and Mendoza confirmed Tong will start again as part of the roster plans for last month.
- Tong left to a standing ovation from 42,112 fans, with his mother reacting emotionally as his final strikeout on a borderline low pitch stood by home-plate umpire Andy Fletcher.
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Tong pitches 5 innings in debut, Mets set team record for runs at home
NEW YORK — Jonah Tong allowed one earned run in five innings in his major league debut and the New York Mets hit six homers and set a franchise record for runs in a home game in a 19-9 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night. Tong (1-0) received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 42,112 when he took the mound for a six-pitch first inning. The 22-year-old Canadian right-hander had a 5-0 lead when he returned for the second, and t…
Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Henry HeraldMets explode for 19 runs in win over Marlins
Jonah Tong tossed five solid innings and earned the win in his major league debut Friday night, when the New York Mets provided him a historic burst of run support in a 19-9 rout of the visiting Miami Marlins.
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Tong pitches 5 innings in debut, Mets set team record for runs at home in 19-9 romp over Marlins
Jonah Tong allowed one earned run in five innings in his major league debut and the New York Mets hit six homers and set a franchise record for runs in a home game in a 19-9 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.
The Baltimore Sun
NY Daily NewsJonah Tong shows promise in MLB debut as Mets make history in rout of Marlins
Mere months ago, a night like this wouldn’t have seemed possible for the Mets. Jonah Tong wasn’t even invited to big-league spring training. The first time he met manager Carlos Mendoza, Tong was serving as the ballboy in a Triple-A game during camp, fulfilling a right of passage as one of the newbies. Tong began the regular season with Double-A Binghamton, where, to that point, he had made only two starts. He was light years away from the major…
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