New York Mets star Juan Soto left their 7-1 loss to the San Diego Padres early on Tuesday night after he hit a foul ball directly into his foot.
In the fourth inning of the loss at Petco Park, Soto hit a foul ball that bounced straight into his foot, which sent him hopping away from the plate in pain. He limped significantly afterward while trying to walk it off, and he struggled to put any weight on his back leg.
Soto finished his at-bat by grounding out to second. The Mets then quickly ruled him out due to a foot contusion. Further specifics of his injury are not yet known.
Soto was 0-for-2 on the night when he left the game. He entered the contest carrying a .249 batting average with 62 RBI and 25 home runs this season.
The Padres held a 1-0 lead when Soto left the game, thanks to an RBI single from Jackson Merrill in the first inning. While the Mets tied it up in the fifth of a sacrifice fly from Sterling Marte, the Padres broke the game open in the seventh thanks to a two-RBI double from Elias Díaz and then a three-run homer from Manny Machado.
The Mets opened their series with the Padres on the wrong side of a walk-off single Monday, which snapped a seven-game winning streak. They now sit at 62-46 with the back-to-back losses, which has them in a slight lead in the NL East standings. The Mets will wrap up their three-game series with the Padres on Wednesday night.
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