Its Friday, August 29 and the Marlins (63-71) are in Queens to take on the Mets (72-62) in the second game of their weekend series.
Eury Pérez is slated to take the mound for Miami against Jonah Tong for New York. This is Tong’s major league debut.
The series opener was handed to the Marlins. Miami won 7-4 thanks in large part to three New York errors that resulted in five unearned runs. Liam Hicks picked up a couple of hits for the Marlins and Pete Alonso homered for the 30th time this season for the Mets.
Lets dive into today’s matchup and find a sweat or two.
We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch the first pitch, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.
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Game details & how to watch Marlins at Mets
- Date: Friday, August 29, 2025
- Time: 7:10PM EST
- Site: Citi Field
- City: Queens, NY
- Network/Streaming: FDSNFL, SNY
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Odds for the Marlins at the Mets
The latest odds as of Friday:
- Moneyline: Marlins (+143), Mets (-172)
- Spread: Mets -1.5
- Total: 8.0 runs
Probable starting pitchers for Marlins at Mets
- Pitching matchup for August 29, 2025: Eury Pérez vs. Jonah Tong
- Marlins: Eury Pérez (6-3, 3.44 ERA)
Last outing: August 24 vs. Toronto - 3.00 ERA, 2 Earned Runs Allowed, 3 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 4 Strikeouts - Mets: Jonah Tong (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Last outing: This is Tong’s major league debut
- Marlins: Eury Pérez (6-3, 3.44 ERA)
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Marlins at Mets
- 6 of the Mets’ last 8 home games have gone over the Total
- The Mets are showing a profit of 1.37 units on the Run Line in their last 5 games at Citi Field
- The Mets have won 4 of their last 5 games against NL East opponents
- Francisco Lindor has at least 2 hits in each of his last 3 games (7-13)
- Pete Alonso has hit in 4 straight games (8-17)
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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Marlins and the Mets
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Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.
Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Friday’s game between the Marlins and the Mets:
- Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
- Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Miami Marlins at +1.5.
- Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.
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