Lindor smashed a two-run double in the ninth to give the Mets a cushion. José Azocar and Taylor each walked in the inning, before Lindor delivered his second double of the afternoon. Soto’s sacrifice fly gave the Mets a 7-1 lead.

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,