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Lindor homered three times during Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Marlins, including a pair of solo shots off Miami starter Johnny Cueto in the nightcap affair, to become just the fourth player in Mets history to record a 30-homer, 30-steal season. He’s the first to accomplish the feat since David Wright back in 2007. He’s the third member of the 30-30 club this season and now has four 30-homer seasons under his belt.

Senga took the ball for the nightcap of Wednesday’s twin bill against the Marlins and immediately served up a leadoff homer to Jon Berti, who became the first batter this season to homer off his iconic ghost fork. He notched eight strikeouts in his final regular-season outing to become the first Mets rookie to eclipse the 200-strikeout plateau since Doc Gooden. He’s also just the sixth rookie pitcher to reach that lofty benchmark in the Wild Card era dating back to 1995. The 30-year-old right-hander finishes the 2023 campaign with a stellar 2.98 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 202/77 K/BB ratio across 166 1/3 innings (29 starts). He’ll be a finalist for the NL Rookie of the Year Award and also figures to receive plenty of NL Cy Young Award votes as well.

Alonso fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle as he tallied a season-high four hits in a blowout win over the Marlins, who remain in contention for a playoff spot. The 28-year-old slugger walloped a two-run homer off southpaw Braxton Garrett in the opening frame for his 46th round-tripper of the season, which puts him second in baseball behind Braves first baseman Matt Olson.

Lindor finds himself just two homers shy of a 30-30 season with five games left on the schedule after belting a two-run shot off Marlins lefty Braxton Garrett in the fourth inning of this one. He also added a two-run single in the seventh inning as well, just for good measure.

Lucchesi drew the starting assignment for the opening contest of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Marlins and carried a shutout into the sixth inning before an RBI double by Nick Fortes chased him from the contest. The 30-year-old southpaw has put himself in the conversation for a spot in New York’s starting rotation heading into next season by posting a solid 2.89 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and 32/17 K/BB ratio across 46 2/3 innings (nine starts).

Marte, who has been on the shelf since early August recovering from a right groin strain, was supposed to play in a couple minor league rehab games last weekend, but it didn’t materialize. He ends the year at .248/.301/.324 with five homers and 24 steals in 86 games. His exit velocity numbers were actually a little better than usual, so it doesn’t seem likely that he’s done as a useful player. Still, durability is a major concern. He hasn’t put in a full season since the 60-game 2020 campaign.

The Marlins put out their lineup over an hour before the announcement, so they probably already had a courtesy heads up that it’d be the lefty on the mound. Johnny Cueto and Kodai Senga are expected to start Game 2 of the doubleheader.

It rained throughout the day in New York, but stopped several hours before scheduled first pitch. Still though, the grounds crew was unable to get the field into good enough condition to play ball. The game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Wednesday. Expect Tuesday’s scheduled starters — Joey Lucchesi and Braxton Garrett — to pitch at some point on Wednesday.

Nimmo is back in center field and leading off on Tuesday night after sitting out Sunday’s game due to lingering right leg soreness.

X-rays came back negative after Alvarez made an early exit from Sunday’s series finale against the Phillies with a left middle finger contusion. The 21-year-old top prospect is back behind the dish on Tuesday evening without missing any game action.