New York Mets at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

74-64, 29-37 Away

Final
10 - 8

Detroit Tigers

80-59, 44-26 Home

Soto ties career high with 6 RBIs, hits grand slam to lead Mets over Tigers 10-8

New York Mets vs. Detroit Tigers: Game Highlights

Soto's fourth-inning homer off Charlie Morton put the Mets ahead 6-3. After Detroit tied the score, Soto gave the Mets an 8-6 lead when he tripled off Drew Sommers (0-1), who lost in his first big league decision.

Soto has 36 home runs. His previous homers this season were all solo or two-run drives. He is 11 for 26 with a 1.446 OPS with runners in scoring position since Aug. 1.

New York maintained a four-game lead over Cincinnati for the final NL wild card. Detroit began the day with a 9 1/2-game AL Central lead.

Jahmai Jones had his first four-hit game, starting when he homered on Sean Manaea's first pitch. Wenceel Pérez's two-run homer gave Detroit a 3-2 lead in the third.

After Sosa's slam, Zach McKinstry hit an RBI triple in the bottom half and scored on Jones' single. Spencer Torkelson tied the score in the fifth on a wild pitch by Ryne Stanek (3-6).

Edwin Díaz retired four hitters for his 25th save in 27 chances.

Manaea gave up five runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings and has a 7.81 ERA in his last six starts. The Mets have allowed double-digit hits in four straight games.

Key moment With the Tigers down 9-6 and a runner on second in the sixth, Pérez hit a liner into the left-center gap that Cedric Mullins caught with a dive. Tyler Rogers then struck out Torkelson.

Key stat Soto had six RBI on Sept. 17, 2023, for San Diego against Oakland, when he hit his only previous slam.

Up next Mets RHP Nolan McLean (3-0, 0.89 ERA) and Tigers RHP Sawyer Gipson-Long (0-1, 4.32) start Tuesday.

This story has been corrected to show that Wenceel Pérez hit a two-run homer for the Tigers, not Gleyber Torres.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Dingler struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Keith lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Greene struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mullins struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Acuña grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Vientos grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

NYM		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	10
10	Runs Batted In	7
2	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	14
2	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	41
1	Home Runs	2
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	19
1	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
9	Fly Balls	22
1	Caught Stealing	0
187	Pitches	154
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	24
43	Plate Appearances	43
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
6.6	Runs Created	8.5
.250	Batting Average	.341
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.469	Slugging Percentage	.585
.469	Secondary Average	.293
.415	On Base Percentage	.372
.883	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.957
1.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
6.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.5
59.5	Batter Rating	56.5
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	20.5
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.219	Isolated Power	.244
0.78	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.163	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.047
.219	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.049
20.0	Runs Produced	15.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
96.8	MLB Rating	103.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0