The New York Mets picked up a much-needed win Thursday night, beating the San Diego Padres 6-1 to take the series two games to one. Rookie right-hander Jonah Tong led the way, allowing one run over five innings while striking out eight.

It took four starts, but Tong has arrived and just in time for a team that is attempting to crack into the postseason and holding auditions for starting pitchers along the way.

The New York Mets have one of their top prospects in Jonah Tong, who recently made his MLB debut. Following this significant moment, Tong shared candid thoughts about his second game wearing the Mets' jersey.

The right-handed rookie who was shelled by the Texas Rangers in the first inning Friday night in only his third big league start is lined up to pitch against the Padres Thursday afternoon.

The Mets — who were baseball’s best team in mid-June and as recently as Sept. 2 held a five-game wild-card lead — are imploding, their seventh consecutive loss arguably the ugliest of the stretch yet.

He met with Mets' vice president of player development Andy Green “and [Tong] immediately went right back to [a bad outing last year against Single-A] Jersey Shore,” Green said Wednesday. “He got one out and didn’t get out of the first inning, and he bounced back and had an amazing year last year that catapulted him to this stage . . .

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