Soto remained hot at the dish on Monday, as he crushed a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to get the Mets to within a run of the Braves. Per ESPN stats, Soto slashed .324/.484/.704 with a 1.188 OPS, eight home runs and 16 RBI over his first 21 games of June.

Juan Soto hit a two-run homer that pulled the Mets within one, but he struck out against left-hander Dylan Lee with runners at the corners to end the eighth. New York has dropped nine of 10, including a three-game sweep by its NL East rival in Atlanta last week.

Juan Soto crushed a 412-foot HR vs. the Atlanta Braves, giving the Mets a late jolt and continuing his June hot streak at the plate.