{"id":9372,"date":"2025-05-08T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/9372\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T01:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T01:19:10","slug":"heating-up-juan-soto-notches-second-two-hr-game-in-a-week-for-mets-vs-diamondbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/9372\/","title":{"rendered":"Heating up? Juan Soto notches second two-HR game in a week for Mets vs Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juan Soto has enjoyed matching up with the Diamondbacks<\/a> so far this season.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday afternoon, Soto continued his power surge against Arizona, belting two solo home runs to help the Mets storm off with a 7-1 victory and a series win over the Diamondbacks at Chase Field.<\/p>\n

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With the Mets searching for offense in the early going against the Dbacks’ Merrill Kelly, Soto opened the scoring with a 427-foot solo shot to center field on a fastball from Kelly to move the Mets ahead 1-0.<\/p>\n

After the Mets tacked on two runs in the seventh inning, Soto added some insurance with an opposite-field shot to left field off Diamondbacks lefty reliever Jalen Beeks to give the Mets a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Soto now has four home runs in the month of May \u2014 all against the Diamondbacks, including a two-home run game at Citi Field on May 1.<\/p>\n

“I mean I feel the same,” Soto told reporters. “I’m seeing the ball well. I’m making good decisions now. Now, I’ve squared up a couple of balls and finding a couple of gaps.”<\/p>\n

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With his 10th multi-hit game of the season on Wednesday, Soto is now slashing .261\/.387\/.478 with seven home runs, 17 RBI, 29 runs and nine doubles. He was 2-for-4 with three RBI on Wednesday, adding a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning.<\/p>\n

After batting .232 and posting a .701 OPS in the month of April, Soto is showcasing what made him the hot commodity and earn a record $765 million contract so far in May. He’s batting .346 with a 1.333 OPS, including six extra-base hits, in seven games so far this month.<\/p>\n

“(For) two weeks now, he continues to have really good at-bats, day in and day out,” Carlos Mendoza told reporters. “Finally good to see him going dead center and then the left-on-left, that was pretty impressive. I didn’t think that ball was going to go. He knew right away with his reaction and that ball just kept on going.”<\/p>\n

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