Soto's twin cannons give Citi Field believers a glimpse of the power of "danger".

April is over. This was exactly what Juan Soto needed, because on the first day of May he had his explosive moment at Citi Field. As a Mets, he hit two home runs for the first time, but the team still lost 2-4 to the Sidewinders.

Soto had previously hit 12 home runs at Citi Field, all for the visitors.

When the Mets trailed 2-0, Soto opened the scoring for New York in the sixth game. After Sidewinders right pitcher Zac Gallen took a 0-1 lead, Soto blasted the ball over the left field wall to narrow Arizona's lead by one point. It took Soto 56 to hit his first hit at Citi Field.

Statcast measured the home run to fly 391 feet and hit the ball with a muzzle velocity of 106.4 mph.

Two games later, when Arizona led 3-1 and right-handed pitcher Kevin Ginkel came to the bench, Soto pushed the ball to 3-2 and blasted the ball into almost identical center-left outfield to narrow the gap to one point. Overall, Soto has hit five home runs in 2025.

"It's always a good feeling to help the team," Soto said, "and when I hit the ball to the left field, the batting starts to get better. I started to look at the incoming ball more clearly and deeply. This is a good sign. "

According to MLB.com's Sarah Langs, Soto is now tied for fifth all-time with Ralph Kiner with 24 multi-hits before the age of 27, behind Alex Rodriguez (25), Eddie Mathews (25), Mel Ott (25) and Jimmie Foxx , 26). It was the 101st game he had before the age of 27 to include at least one hit and one draw, which is also tied for fifth all-time.

The player who has at least 1 hit and 1 guaranteed number of games before the age of 27
Mickey Mantle: 115
Jimmie Foxx: 114
Eddie Mathews: 106
Mike Trout: 105
Juan Soto: 101
Mel Ott: 101

Prior to the May 3 game against the Cardinals, Soto was 0.252/0.379/0.443 with 14 RBIs and a 0.174 RBA (23-and-4-batter). Despite a slow start, Soto said he never felt the pressure thanks to the presence of coach Carlos Mendoza.

Mendoza made it clear...... He wanted me to feel comfortable and play," Soto said, "and I didn't have any pressure. It's just two home runs, not enough to win the game. "

Mendoza never worried about Soto. The head of the coach has been constantly emphasizing in recent days that his heavy gunners are close to finding a striking state.

'He didn't just hit the ball into the air, but in that direction – in centre-left outfield. He's a pretty dangerous hitter. It's great to see that today," Mendoza said.

The Mets then had a chance to at least tie the score later in the innings. Against Kingkel, they captured second and third base after one out, but Mark Vientos and Brandon Nimmo were threatened with strikeouts in quick succession.

Despite the small sample size, the Mets have hit 12 and hit 0 hits in the last two games and 20 bases. Mendoza admits the team must do better in this regard.

'Yesterday we could have discussed that game in a number of ways. At the end of the day, we didn't get the job done," Mendoza said, "and we didn't create many chances today. This is different...... Aside from that second and third base opportunity in the eighth inning, I think Glenn made a good pitch today. "

Despite suffering two straight defeats, the Mets still have a 13-3 home record. It was also the team's first consecutive home defeat since July 27-28, 2024, against the Warriors.

"I'm willing to accept this result. You've always hated losing the series at home, but I knew it was going to happen. We're doing well overall. The numbers going back to July last year speak for themselves," Mendoza said, "and now we're going to start the road trip." We'll be back here and keep playing well at Citi Field." There were a few games that weren't done, but we were a dangerous team, especially at home. "