Sep 18, 2025
Juan Soto just misses late-inning game-tying homer in Mets’ loss to Padres: 'We're looking at inches'
“We’re looking at inches,” Carlos Mendoza said. That’s how close Juan Soto came to tying Wednesday’s game against the Padres. After Francisco Alvarez lifted an opposite-field homer to make it a one-run ballgame, the Mets' slugger stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh with a man on and one out, facing San Diego’s All-Star reliever Mason Miller. Soto had already gone deep once in the…