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,

One day after passing Mickey Mantle for the most walks before turning 27 years old, Soto hit two home runs against the Arizona Diamondbacks to work his way up another list.

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.