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For what surely will be the only time this year at Citi Field, a Juan Soto strikeout was met with cheers.

Another long bottom of the inning had mercifully ended, this one entailing the Mets scoring seven runs. Finally, the 42,112 on hand could be done with the overwhelming and overboring Mets offense and could watch Jonah Tong pitch again.

For one energetic night in Queens, the vast majority of the sellout crowd preferred the starting pitcher to his team.

Such is the excitement for Tong, a 22-year-old phenom known for a nastiness on the mound and a kindness off of it. 5

There is plenty of hope

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