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The New York Mets face the Miami Marlins on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 (9/28/25) in a regular season MLB game at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Fla.
Today’s Mets vs. Marlins game starts at 3:10 p.m. ET live from LoanDepot Park in Miami. You can watch the baseball game on SNY in the Tri-State area or on the FanDuel Sports Network in Florida. Everyone else can watch the Mets vs. Marlins game on TV through MLB Network.
The New York Mets finished off their epic collapse during the 2025 MLB season, suffering a 4-0 defeat at the hands of the Miami Marlins in the regular season finale. To make matters worse for Mets fans, the one team they needed to lose, the Cincinnati Reds, were defeated 4-2 by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Pete Alonso stood, lips slightly parted, and dropped his arms in disbelief. Alonso stared into left field, where Javier Sanoja had just made a running snare of his 115.9 mph liner, the hardest-hit ball by a Met this year.
The New York Mets are officially out of the playoffs after being shut out by the Miami Marlins on Sunday. The Cincinnati Reds lost to the Brewers, which opened a path to the playoffs, but they were unable to take advantage of the opportunity. To miss the playoffs, it took a historic collapse.
The New York Mets picked Sean Manaea to start the regular-season finale Sunday against the Miami Marlins in a must-win game with the final playoff spot on the line. Their only path to the postseason is a win over the Marlins, combined with a Cincinnati Reds loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
After a stunning collapse, Mets are left to grapple with what went woefully wrong down the stretch in 2025 as they finished outside the postseason.
It may not seem like it as they struggle to lock up a postseason berth, but in some ways, at least, the Mets have been quite fortunate. They are fortunate that the Reds have played sub-.500 ball since late July,