NEW YORK (AP) Juan Soto hit his first two home runs at Citi Field as a member of the Mets on Thursday afternoon, but the Arizona Diamondbacks earned a 4-2 win to hand New York a rare home series loss.
The Diamondbacks won the final two games of the three-game series – the first time the Mets have lost back-to-back contests at Citi Field since July 27-28, when they fell to the Atlanta Braves.
New York, which is 13-3 at Citi Field this season, had its franchise-record streak of 10 straight home series wins snapped.
Zac Gallen (2-4) allowed only two hits over six innings. He didn’t allow a runner past first base until Soto’s opposite field 391-foot blast with one out in the sixth.
Soto then hit a 399-foot shot to almost the same area of left-centerfield off Kevin Ginkel in the eighth.
Soto entered Thursday batting .241 with four doubles, 10 walks and eight strikeouts in his first 15 home games since signing a 15-year deal worth $765 million last December. He had 12 homers in 35 games at Citi Field as a visiting player.
Ginkel wriggled out of a second-and-third jam in the eighth before Shelby Miller recorded his first save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Geraldo Perdomo and Tim Tawa each homered for the Diamondbacks, who also received RBIs from Alek Thomas and Eugenio Suárez.
Mets starter Kodai Senga (3-2) gave up one run over four innings.
Ginkel struck out Mark Vientos and Brandon Nimmo to strand two and preserve a 3-2 lead in the eighth.
The Mets hadn’t lost a series at home since Aug. 13-15, when the then-Oakland Athletics took two of three.
RHP Merrill Kelly (3-1, 4.41 ERA) starts for the Diamondbacks against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, when Mets RHP Clay Holmes (3-1, 2.64) takes the mound against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Carroll RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| G. Perdomo SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .275 |
| P. Smith 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .329 |
| J. Naylor DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .319 |
| E. Suarez 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .193 |
| L. Gurriel LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .183 |
| A. Thomas CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .299 |
| T. Tawa 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .190 |
| J. Herrera C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .121 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. Lindor SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| J. Soto RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .252 |
| P. Alonso 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .342 |
| J. Winker DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .219 |
| M. Vientos 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| B. Nimmo LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 |
| L. Torrens C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| J. McNeil 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .316 |
| T. Taylor CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
- 2B – J. Naylor (9)
- HR – G. Perdomo (5), T. Tawa (5)
- SF – E. Suarez
- RBI – G. Perdomo (25), E. Suarez (21), A. Thomas (13), T. Tawa (10)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – C. Carroll 2 (2), P. Smith 2 (2), E. Suarez 2 (2), L. Gurriel
- 2B – J. Winker (5)
- HR – J. Soto 2 (5)
- RBI – J. Soto 2 (14)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – B. Nimmo 2 (2)
- CS – C. Carroll
- E – L. Torrens, J. McNeil
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z. Gallen(W, 2-4) | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4.93 |
| R. Thompson(H, 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.95 |
| K. Ginkel(H, 2) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6.75 |
| S. Miller(S, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Senga(L, 3-2) | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1.38 |
| G. Cabrera | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 |
| M. Kranick | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.66 |
| R. Garrett | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.68 |
| T. Adcock | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
- Pitches-Strikes – Z. Gallen 90-57, R. Thompson 13-10, K. Ginkel 34-19, S. Miller 8-5
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – Z. Gallen 7-3, R. Thompson 1-0, K. Ginkel 0-1, S. Miller 2-1
- Batters Faced – Z. Gallen 23, R. Thompson 4, K. Ginkel 6, S. Miller 3
- Pitches-Strikes – K. Senga 87-50, G. Cabrera 12-6, M. Kranick 31-24, R. Garrett 26-16, T. Adcock 18-8
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – K. Senga 3-4, G. Cabrera 0-2, M. Kranick 3-3, R. Garrett 0-3, T. Adcock 1-0
- Batters Faced – K. Senga 19, G. Cabrera 3, M. Kranick 9, R. Garrett 6, T. Adcock 4
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