The New York Mets will try to gain ground in the Wild Card race when they host the San Diego Padres for Game 1 on Tuesday, September 16 (9/16/2025) at Citi Field in Queens. Here’s what you need to know to watch the game.
Padres vs. Mets Game 1 will air in the New York market on SNY, and Padres market on Padres TV. It will also air out-of-market nationwide on TBS and MLB.TV, which are available with DirecTV (free trial).
Here’s what you need to know:
What: MLB Regular Season
Who: San Diego Padres @ New York Mets
When: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Where: Citi Field, Queens, New York
Time: 7:10 p.m. ET
TV: SNY, Padres TV, out-of-market on TBS, MLB.TV
Live stream options:
*fuboTV does not carry TBS. MLB.TV required.
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Padres @ Mets schedule
Tue, Sep 16: SD @ NYM, 7:10 p.m. on SNY, TBS (STREAM)
Wed, Sep 17: SD @ NYM, 7:10 p.m. on SNY (STREAM)
Thu, Sep 18: SD @ NYM, 1:10 p.m. on SNY, MLBN (STREAM)
Read our full 2025 New York Mets guide for the complete schedule of games and information about how to watch and stream the entire Mets season. Get cheap Mets tickets from SeatGeek. Get the latest 2025 Mets gear on Fanatics.
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Here’s a recent MLB story via The Associated Press:
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer off Luis Curvelo, and the New York Mets stopped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
New York, which reopened a 1 1/2-game lead over San Francisco for the last NL wild card, backed rookie Nolan McLean with a 2-0 lead only for Joc Pederson to tie the score with a two-run single in the seventh off Reed Garrett.
Alonso hit an opposite-field homer to right off Curvelo (1-1), then saluted the Mets’ dugout and tossed his helmet before reaching first base. As he rounded third, Alonso began untucking his shirt before he sprinted across the plate and was doused with popcorn by jubilant teammates. He ended the Mets’ longest losing streak since 2018, raising his season totals to 34 homers and 117 RBIs.
Texas had won six straight games and began the day two games back in both the AL West and for the final AL wild card.
Making his sixth big league start, McLean gave up five hits, struck out seven and walked two, lowering his ERA to 1.19.
Francisco Alvarez raced home from third on Juan Soto’s fifth-inning groundout off starter Jacob Latz and Brandon Nimmo homered leading off the sixth for the Mets.
Key moment
Alonso has five career walk-off- homers.
Key stat
McLean’s ERA is the lowest by a Mets pitcher through his first six startsy.
Up next
Rangers: RHP Jack Leiter (9-8, 3.81 ERA) starts Monday’s series opener against division rival Houston, which starts RHP Jason Alexander (4-1, 4.19)
Mets: RHP Clay Holmes (11-8, 3.75 ERA) will be opn the mound for Tuesday’s series opener against San Diego and RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.87 ERA). Holmes, who has thrown a career-high 151 innings, will likely be piggybacked by LHP Sean Manaea.
