Juan Soto and the New York Mets are still trying to lock up a sure spot in the upcoming 2025 MLB playoffs, as they play the San Diego Padres in an ongoing series at CitiField. New York won the first game of the series on Tuesday, 8-3, but failed to follow up on it with another victory, as the Mets faltered on Wednesday, suffering a 7-4 loss.

However, there is at least one positive individual takeaway for Juan Soto from that contest.

With the Mets trailing San Diego, 6-2, Soto launched a solo home run off Padres left-handed relief pitcher Adrian Morejon to cut New York's deficit down to three. Soto got ahead 3-0 in the count against Morejon before taking back-to-back strikes for a full count. Morejon then tossed a 79 mph curveball to Soto that the latter took deep for a 369-foot din

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