The New York Mets face the Miami Marlins on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 (9/26/25) in a regular season MLB game at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Fla.

The Marlins are an underdog (+104 moneyline odds) when they take the field at home against the Mets (-124). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the New York Mets looking to Clay Holmes (11-8), and Eury Perez (7-5) taking the ball for the Miami Marlins.

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins take a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the New York Mets. Miami is 37-42 at home and 78-82 overall. The Marlins have a 65-12 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Gary Cohen: "The Mets' lack of attention to detail ... has cropped up repeatedly during this slow-motion, backwards march over the last 3 1/2 months."

The Reds played a later start in Milwaukee and were in position to reclaim the lead — based on holding a tiebreaker against the Mets — for the National League’s third and final wild-card spot. The Reds entered the night one game behind the Mets — with Arizona, which trailed by two, playing even later in San Diego.

Preview the Sept. 27 matchup between the New York Mets and Miami Marlins with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

Mets broadcasters rip team’s mental errors in 6-2 loss to Miami Marlins as playoff hopes fade with Reds holding wild card tiebreaker.

The SNY broadcast booth was appalled at the Mets’ disastrous fifth inning of their 6-2 loss to the Marlins on Friday night. Staked to a 2-0 lead, the Mets allowed six to score in the frame to blow the game and potentially their wild-card fate.

The New York Mets and Miami Marlins meet Friday to kick off each team's final 3-game series of the regular season.

Heriberto Hernandez lofted a game-tying triple, and pinch-hitter Connor Norby smashed a homer that capped a six-run fifth inning as the host Miami Marlins rallied to beat the New York Mets 6-2 on Friday night.