One of the game’s premier hitters against an unparalleled arm with the game on the line.

$765 million against 103 mph.

Juan Soto against Mason Miller in a September ballgame that felt a month later.

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This was baseball theater with the drama cranked up.

This was Mets heartache with the disappointment cranked up.

Soto barreled up a 102.6 mph pitch from Miller but could not straighten it out.

The would-be, game-tying home run went foul by a foot or less in an eventual 7-4 setback to the Padres on Wednesday night.

“It was a long strike,” Soto bemoaned after one of the more entertaining at-bats Citi

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