Mets 9, Tigers 4: The kids are all right

May 14, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets first baseman Mark Vientos (27) rounds the bases after hitting a two run home run against Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Tyler Holton (87) during the fifth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images | Brad Penner-Imagn Images While it was certainly a team effort, the collective of Mets’ rookies contributed a huge part to the club’s 9-4 win over the Tigers in the finale of their three game set this afternoon at Citi Field. The team worked through first inning trouble to come out on top for their third straight comeback victory over Detroit.

Nolan McLean started the game off with a strikeout of Kevin McGonigle on a curveball that hung up on the zone a little too much. That lack of sharpness, despite the result, would be a bit of an omen for his day. A walk to Cole Keith and a single to Riley Greene put two on and, after a pop out by Dillon Dingler, Gage Workman cranked a three-run home run to put the Tigers up 3-0.

But unlike just about every stretch of the 2026 season thus far, the A. J. Ewing-era Mets feel like they’ve got some fight in them, and as they’ve done the last two nights, they came back.

Ewing was the sparkplug, leading off the third inning with a solo home run against Keiber Montero to cut the lead to just two. Montero and McLean both worked around some baserunners early, with just the long ball affecting the score early on. The long ball would tie the game, too, when MJ Melendez walked, followed by Brett Baty hitting a two-run shot off the top of the fence in left-center in the fourth.