The Mets grabbed a much-needed win in Philadelphia Saturday evening, 11-4, snapping their seven-game dropping streak and once more tying the Phillies atop the NL East.
Brandon Nimmo homered twice for the Mets whereas Francisco Lindor and Francisco Alvarez added house runs of their very own, however the headline right here on a person foundation belongs to Juan Soto. He went 4 for five and homered twice with the second being an upper-tank magnificence to supply the Mets with some respiratory room.
Soto now has 16 homers and 39 RBI this season. He is hitting .256/.393/.484 on the season.
This was really his third two-homer sport in 2025 and that runs his tally to 26 in his profession. This ties Corridor of Famer Jimmie Foxx for essentially the most ever by a participant earlier than turning 27 years outdated, according to MLB.com. Soto turns 27 on Oct. 25, so he has the remainder of the season to high Foxx.
Foxx completed his profession with 534 profession house runs and three MVPs, making the Corridor of Fame in 1951.
The Mets and their followers are hoping Soto in the future joins Foxx within the Corridor of Fame. His basis is a lot sturdy. He is already over 1,000 hits with 217 house runs.
Extra importantly for the Mets was breaking that dropping streak and getting again right into a tie with the Phillies for first place within the NL East. The rubber sport of the collection Sunday will decide who holds first place by a sport with simply over a half season to go. It is a matchup of southpaws because the Mets ship David Peterson towards Jesús Luzardo of the Phillies.