MIAMI (AP) — Sean Manaea retired his first 15 batters, Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto homered early and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Tuesday night.
Brett Baty also went deep for the Mets, who have won three straight games and five of six as they attempt to climb out of last place in the NL East. Lindor connected on Sandy Alcantara's first pitch and Soto added a three-run shot in the second as New York built a 7-0 lead through five innings before holding on.
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Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara looks at the scoreboard as he leave the field during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
New York Mets' Juan Soto (22) celebrates his three-run home run with Francisco Lindor (12) and Francisco Alvarez (4) during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
New York Mets' Francisco Alvarez, left, and Francisco Lindor (12) celebrate after scoring on a three-run home run by Juan Soto during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
New York Mets starting pitcher Sean Manaea (59) aims a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Manaea's bid for his second career no-hitter and the 25th perfect game in major league history ended when Jakob Marsee opened the sixth with a bloop single over third base. The left-hander gave up five consecutive hits to start the inning and never got another out.
Manaea (5-7) allowed consecutive RBI doubles to Jared Serna and Brian Navarreto and a run-scoring single to Otto Lopez that cut New York's lead to 7-3 before being replaced by Jonathan Pintaro.
After a double play, Javier Sanoja made it 7-4 with an RBI single.
Manaea threw 61 pitches, 45 for strikes. He struck out four and walked none.
Miami still trailed 7-4 in the ninth before Joe Mack hit a one-out double off closer Kodai Senga and scored on Marsee’s double. Senga then struck out pinch-hitter Owen Caissie and Kyle Stowers for his seventh save.
Marsee had three hits and Serna doubled twice for the Marlins, who outhit New York 10-8. Sanoja stretched his hitting streak to a career-best nine games.
Alcantara (13-10) allowed seven runs on seven hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings.
Lindor drove the first pitch of the game 405 feet to right-center for a 1-0 lead. Alcantara walked the next two batters and allowed a run-scoring single to Jared Young that put New York ahead 2-0.
Soto hit a 417-foot drive — his 24th homer of the season — to make it 5-0 in the second.
Alcantara and Eury Pérez, who started Monday for Miami, allowed a combined 14 runs to their NL East rivals over the first two games of the series.
Mets RHP Robert Stock (1-3, 5.81 ERA) will start Wednesday's series finale against RHP Janson Junk (6-9, 4.00).
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Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara looks at the scoreboard as he leave the field during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
New York Mets' Juan Soto (22) celebrates his three-run home run with Francisco Lindor (12) and Francisco Alvarez (4) during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
New York Mets' Francisco Alvarez, left, and Francisco Lindor (12) celebrate after scoring on a three-run home run by Juan Soto during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
New York Mets starting pitcher Sean Manaea (59) aims a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused an Amazon cargo jet to overshoot a runway in Miami and plow into two vehicles, killing five people on the ground.
The Boeing 767 hit a van on Miami International Airport property on Sunday before ramming through a fence and hitting an SUV on a public street. Five people who were a part of a cleaning crew in the van died while two survived. The pilot and co-pilot also lived.
National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy called the scene at the airport “utter devastation.”
Hundreds of flights at the Miami airport have been delayed or canceled as authorities investigate the crash site, where the jet and a mangled white van have remained. By late Tuesday, only one of the airport’s four runways was still closed, raising the likelihood that the cancellations would begin to ease.
Here's what to know about the crash.
The NTSB said the plane barreled roughly 1,300 feet (396 meters) past the end of the runway.
It was landing after a two-hour flight from Puerto Rico as storms brewed around the Miami airport.
Homendy called the scene “utter devastation,” with pieces of the vehicles, air bags, destroyed navigational equipment and fencing along the plane’s route. Investigators didn't have full access to the site until all the jet fuel was recovered from the plane Monday evening.
Former FAA official Mike O’Donnell said that the fact that the plane landed on its nose and right landing gear first demonstrates this was an unstable landing. He said the pilot might have been attempting a “go-around” to retry the landing approach.
Video of the landing showed the plane hovering above the runway for a long time without flaring the nose to force the wheels onto the ground. Experts said it appeared a strong tail wind propelled the plane far past the point where it was supposed to land. Air traffic controllers also had not changed the approach to the runway to allow the plane to land into a headwind. Investigators will want to know how quickly the winds shifted.
Amazon said in a statement that it is cooperating with the investigation and the company’s deepest sympathies go to the victims and their families.
The five people killed were all in a van owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a company that cleans planes. The company said it wouldn’t comment on the crash out of respect for the families who lost loved ones.
“Our employees are far more than the people who work beside us each day, they are family, and they are deeply loved. Our hearts and prayers are with every employee and every family whose lives have been forever changed,” the company said in a statement Tuesday.
The Miami-Dade sheriff identified the deceased as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.
The 32-year-old Boeing 767 was originally built to carry passengers and flew for several airlines in foreign countries for more than two decades before being converted to a cargo plane in 2015, according to flight-tracking site Flightradar24.
The final flight was operated by 21 Air, a cargo carrier based in North Carolina.
Homendy said the jet's ownership history, maintenance records and operations by 21 Air would all be reviewed by NTSB investigators.
It's the second crash of a cargo jet in the U.S. in less than a year. A UPS plane crashed after losing its engine while accelerating down the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport in October. The crash killed all three pilots and 12 people on the ground. Twenty-three more were injured.
Homendy has said the NTSB will look at Miami's lack of a special system to slow and stop speeding jets at the end of runways. But investigators will examine everything that may have contributed.
About 120 airports in the U.S. have the lightweight, crushable material that the Federal Aviation Administration says has saved around 500 lives.
Even without a runway excursion system, Miami’s airport appears to be compliant with federal rules because it has a 1,000-foot (305-meter) safety buffer at the end of its runways, experts said.
Homendy said her agency’s goal is to prevent tragedies, but runway excursions continue to happen even after the board has suggested installing the systems in the past.
“Our recommendations must be implemented or we’re going to be here again,” she said.
Workers inspect an Amazon cargo plane two days after it overshot a runway at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Miami Dade Fire Rescue officials inspect a damaged vehicle two days after an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Law enforcement officers walk in front of a destroyed engine as they inspect an Amazon cargo plane two days after it overshot a runway at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Workers inspect an Amazon cargo plane two days after it overshot a runway at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
