New York Mets at Kansas City Royals

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New York Mets

55-41, 22-27 Away

Final
3 - 1

Kansas City Royals

46-50, 23-26 Home

Juan Soto's 435-foot homer lifts Mets over Royals 3-1

Soto powers Mets to a victory over the Royals

Soto’s two-run shot into the right field fountains opened the scoring in the fourth. Over his last 20 games, Soto has nine home runs and 19 RBI.

Frankie Montas (2-1) threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of 19 batters while allowing a run on four hits and striking out five.

Kyle Isbel and Jonathan India opened the sixth with doubles, reducing the Mets lead to 2-1. India had two of the Royals four hits, both doubles.

Reed Garrett relieved Montas and permitted India to advance on a wild pickoff attempt before retiring the heart of the Royals lineup, stranding the tying run.

Jeff McNeil’s two-out RBI single capped the scoring in the ninth.

Edwin Díaz allowed a walk in two hitless frames, earning his 19th save.

Scheduled Royals starter Michael Lorenzen missed the game with illness.

Jonathan Bowlan (1-2), the second of six Royals bullpen pitchers, threw three innings, allowing two runs on four hits, including Soto’s 435-foot home run.

For the second straight game, the Mets successfully challenged a safe call on a Royals stolen base attempt. In both instances — Tyler Tolbert on Friday and Bobby Witt Jr. on Saturday — the runner didn’t maintain contact with the base during a head-first slide.

Witt popped up twice with runners in scoring position while his 14-game hitting streak ended. The Royals batted 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position during the first two games of the series.

Key moment With a runner at third and the infield drawn in, first baseman Pete Alonso made a diving stop of Vinnie Pasquantino’s sharp grounder, preserving the Mets one-run lead in the sixth.

Key stat Soto leads the majors with 77 walks, the most in Mets history prior to the All-Star break.

Up next Mets RHP Clay Holmes (8-4, 3.29 ERA) opposes Royals LHP Noah Cameron (3-4, 2.56) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Caglianone lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Perez grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Garcia lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Taylor struck out looking.
	9th Inning	McNeil singled to center, Alonso scored.
	9th Inning	Acuña popped out to shortstop.

Statistics

NYM		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	9
11	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
16	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
132	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	7
34	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
2.3	Runs Created	0.9
.182	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.233
.212	Secondary Average	.133
.206	On Base Percentage	.212
.539	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.445
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
26.0	Batter Rating	14.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.33
.152	Isolated Power	.100
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
6.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
73.0	MLB Rating	64.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0