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- Mauricio and Soto lead Mets past Giants 5-3 for 7th straight win</p>
<p>MICHAEL WAGAMAN July 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM</p>
<p>1 / 5Mets Giants BaseballNew York Mets' Juan Soto, right, hits a home run in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, left, during the seventh inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)</p>
<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ronny Mauricio and Juan Soto homered in the seventh inning, and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Sunday to match a season best with their seventh straight win.</p>
<p>Mauricio had a career-high four hits, going 4 for 4 with two doubles, two RBIs and a tying homer from the bottom spot in the batting order. Jeff McNeil also doubled twice to help the Mets complete a three-game sweep and extend their NL East lead to 1 1/2 games over Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Matt Chapman hit two homers and drove in all three runs for the Giants, who loaded the bases in the ninth on two walks and a hit batter. Edwin Díaz struck out Willy Adames and Chapman to end it.</p>
<p>The Mets, who also had a seven-game winning streak in April, trailed 3-2 following Chapman's second homer, a two-run drive off starter Kodai Senga in the fifth.</p>
<p>Mauricio tied it when the rookie drove a 1-0 slider from All-Star reliever Randy Rodríguez (3-2) into McCovey Cove leading off the seventh. After Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor struck out, Soto hit his team-leading 25th home run to left, giving the Mets a 4-3 lead.</p>
<p>They added an insurance run in the ninth on consecutive doubles by Mauricio and Nimmo.</p>
<p>José Buttó (3-1), the first of five Mets relievers, retired three batters for the win. Gregory Soto pitched a perfect seventh in his New York debut, and Díaz worked the ninth for his 23rd save.</p>
<p>Senga walked five in five innings. He allowed three runs and four hits.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Mauricio shut down a potential Giants rally when he fielded Adames' slow grounder in front of third base and then quickly reversed direction to tag out Heliot Ramos trying to advance from second.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Rodríguez had allowed only one home run all season before the Mets got to him twice in one inning.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Mets RHP Frankie Montas (3-1, 4.62 ERA) faces the Padres in San Diego on Monday.</p>
<p>Carson Whisenhunt, the Giants' top pitching prospect, will make his major league debut Monday against Pittsburgh.</p>
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<p>This story has been corrected to show Buttó was the first of five Mets relievers.</p>
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