MIAMI (AP) — Eury Pérez gave up Juan Soto's solo homer in the first inning and settled down to pitch solid ball into the seventh, Owen Caissie drove in both of Miami's runs and the Marlins edged the New York Mets 2-1 on Friday night.
Pérez (3-6) allowed two hits — both to Soto — and struck out five in 6 1/3 innings for his first win since April 19. The right-hander had a 10.00 ERA in his previous three starts.
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New York Mets' Juan Soto hits a single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
New York Mets relief pitcher Jonah Tong throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins center fielder Jakob Marsee catches a fly ball hit by New York Mets' Carson Benge during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
New York Mets' Juan Soto runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Eury Pérez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Soto’s 449-foot homer in the first landed in the upper-deck seats in right-center for his 10th homer. But Pérez and three relievers held the Mets off the scoreboard after that.
Pete Fairbanks pitched the ninth for his sixth save. He struck out Nick Morabito and pinch-hitter MJ Melendez before Carson Benge drew a two-out walk. With Soto waiting on deck, Fairbanks retired Bo Bichette on a fly out to center.
Pérez’s outing ended before Soto’s third at-bat in the seventh. Andrew Nardi relieved Pérez and got Soto on a groundout and struck out Mark Vientos. Nardi then struck out Brett Baty to lead off the eighth before Michael Petersen came in and struck out Marcus Semien.
A.J. Ewing hit a two-out single against Petersen, but was thrown out by Joe Mack attempting to steal second.
Marlins center fielder Jakob Marsee twice robbed Benge of extra-base hits with leaping catches at the wall in the first and sixth.
Esteury Ruiz tripled against New York reliever Sean Manaea (0-1) and scored on Caissie’s go-ahead single in the fourth.
Tobias Myers started and got the first four outs in the bullpen game for the Mets. He was lifted after allowing Ruiz’s second-inning double. After Ruiz stole third, Caissie hit an RBI groundout to tie it at 1.
Jonah Tong pitched three scoreless innings after New York recalled the right-hander from Triple-A Syracuse. Veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel was designated for assignment in the Mets' corresponding roster move.
RHP Freddy Peralta (3-3, 3.31) will start for the Mets on Saturday against Marlins RHP Max Meyer (4-0, 2.85).
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New York Mets' Juan Soto hits a single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
New York Mets relief pitcher Jonah Tong throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins center fielder Jakob Marsee catches a fly ball hit by New York Mets' Carson Benge during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
New York Mets' Juan Soto runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Eury Pérez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Authorities in Southern California on Friday were racing to figure out how to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts, as some 40,000 people were under evacuation orders in the area.
A storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons (22,700 and 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate overheated Thursday and began venting vapors into the air at an aerospace plastics facility in Garden Grove, a city in Orange County, the county’s fire authority said. The tank could fail and crack, releasing the chemical onto the ground, or it could explode, Garden Grove Fire Chief Craig Covey said Friday.
“This thing is going to fail, and we don’t know when,” Covey said. “We’re doing our best to figure out when or how we can prevent it.”
Officials ordered residents in Garden Grove to leave and expanded evacuations orders Friday to some residents of five other Orange County cities — Cypress, Stanton, Anaheim, Buena Park and Westminster — after being unable to stop the leak overnight on the tank at GKN Aerospace, which makes parts for commercial and military aircraft.
No injuries or deaths have been reported, authorities said.
In an update later Friday, Covey said authorities have been able to maintain the tank's temperature, buying time to figure out how to fix it.
Garden Grove is about 38 miles (61 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles and less than a mile from Disneyland's two theme parks, which were not under evacuation orders Friday. The city is known for its vibrant Vietnamese community, one of the largest of any U.S. city.
Danny Pham said he was deep in a dream when his roommate banged on his door around 7 a.m. Friday morning and told him he needed to leave immediately. Pham had been working late the night before at a Vietnamese restaurant and had not seen the news.
“It was shocking to me,” said Pham, who lives only a couple blocks from the plastics plant. “I didn’t know how serious it would be. I never knew that a thing like this could happen.”
He left minutes later, grabbing only his wallet and passport, and took shelter at a friend’s restaurant in a neighboring city.
By late Friday afternoon, Pham was still trying to figure out where he would stay the night and worrying that he had only the clothes on his back, possibly for days to come.
Covey said crews have created containment barriers with sandbags in case there is a chemical spill from the tank to prevent the toxic chemical from getting into storm drains or reaching creeks or the nearby ocean.
Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, the county health officer, said if the chemical heats up, it can release a vapor that is harmful to people’s health. It can cause respiratory issues, itching and burning eyes, nausea and headaches.
Crews were initially successful and were able to neutralize one of two damaged tanks, but Covey said they determined Friday morning that the remaining tank was “in the biggest crisis.”
GKN Aerospace said specialized hazardous material teams are assessing the situation.
“There are no reports of injuries at this time and our priority remains the safety of our employees, responders, and the surrounding community,” a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “We will provide verified updates as soon as more information becomes available.”
Kim Yen, a retiree in Garden Grove, was settling in for the night Thursday when she heard a sirenlike sound coming from her phone. An alert told her she needed to leave her home, which was just two blocks from the chemical leak.
As Yen drove to her daughter’s house in Seal Beach, she worried that others in the local Vietnamese community might ignore or not understand the evacuation alert because it was in English.
“They are family,” she said. “I’m hoping they stay alert and listen to the news and the authorities. This is scary.”
Yen, who is originally from Vietnam and has lived in Orange County since 1980, quickly stopped by her house Friday morning to grab important documents and medications. By then her neighborhood was “a ghost town,” and she was comforted to see police officers going door to door to make sure everyone had evacuated.
“We understand that this is frightening,” Garden Grove Mayor Stephanie Klopfenstein said. “But the evacuation orders are in place for your safety.”
Local Vietnamese television stations translated updates from officials and urged residents to take the situation seriously.
Rodriguez reported from San Francisco, Rush from Portland, Oregon, and Schoenbaum from Salt Lake City.
Water is sprayed on a tank that overheated at an aerospace plant in Garden Grove, Calif., Friday, May 22, 2026. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
Orange County Fire Authority Division Chief Craig Covey speaks during a news conference at the Los Alamitos racetrack in Cypress, Calif., Friday, May 22, 2026, about hazmat situation in Garden Grove, Calif. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)
