Juan Soto homered in consecutive at-bats, Kodai Senga overcame early control problems to pitch six scoreless innings and the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1 on Wednesday. Soto hit a solo homer off Merrill Kelly (3-2) in the seventh inning and added another off Jalen Beeks in the eighth,

Juan Soto collected two solo home runs and three RBIs, Kodai Senga pitched six shutout innings and the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1 to take the rubber game of a three-game series Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix.

Catcher Luis Torrens threw out Corbin Carroll trying to steal second in the first inning. On Alek Thomas’ double in the second, a well-executed relay sequence from Tyrone Taylor to Francisco Lindor to Torrens nailed Eugenio Suarez at the plate.