Juan Soto ends home run drought and Mets hand Rockies another series loss with 8-2 win

By: Jerry Beach, The Associated Press Posted: 5:56 PM CDT Saturday, May. 31, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto hit his first homer in more than three weeks and the New York Mets sent the Colorado Rockies to another series loss with an 8-2 win on Saturday.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto hit his first homer in more than three weeks and the New York Mets sent the Colorado Rockies to another series loss with an 8-2 win on Saturday.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto hit his first homer in more than three weeks and the New York Mets sent the Colorado Rockies to another series loss with an 8-2 win on Saturday.

The Rockies, whose 9-49 record is the worst in the modern era through 58 games, are the first team in history to open a season with 19 straight series losses. Colorado has lost a major league-record 22 straight series dating back to last September.

Brett Baty had a bases-clearing triple off Antonio Senzatela (1-10) in a four-run first inning, which Tyrone Taylor capped with a single. Brandon Nimmo and Soto homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth.

New York Mets' Juan Soto gestures to the crowd as he runs the bases after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Saturday, May 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Soto was serenaded with chants of “JUAN SO-TO” from fans in the right field seats in the top of the fifth, when he turned and raised his arms in acknowledgment.

Jeff McNeil homered in the eighth.

Kodai Senga (6-3) allowed two runs on two hits over 6 2/3 innings. He retired a career-high 17 straight batters between Ezequiel Tovar’s one-out homer in the first and Tovar’s walk leading off the seventh.

Thairo Estrada chased Senga with an RBI single.

Senzatela, the first pitcher to reach 10 losses this season, allowed seven runs in four innings.

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Soto’s 404-foot blast was his first homer since May 9. The $765 million outfielder entered Saturday hitting just .143 with two extra-base hits in his previous 17 games.

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