Mets left fielder Juan Soto exited Friday's game against the San Francisco Giants due to right calf tightness.

Tyrone Taylor replaced Soto in the bottom of the first inning.

After leadoff-batting shortstop Francisco Lindor's game-starting single to left field against Tyler Mahle, Soto singled to right-center field and appeared to come up gingerly on a run from first base to third during third baseman Bo Bichette's subsequent RBI knock that scored Lindor.

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza confirmed that the injury occurred when he was running first to third, and the slugger hoped that his calf would loosen up while standing on third. It did not, instead getting tighter, so he came out of the game once he was out at a force play at home. 

"We don’t have much other than what was announced," Mendoza said after Friday's win. "He’s going to get imaging tomorrow and we’ll see what we’re dealing with. There’s obviously concern. Every time you send a player for MRI, those calf areas can be tricky. We have to wait, but obvioulsy concern."

Juan Soto left the game after running the bases in the first inning pic.twitter.com/R2JJ3uE7Lh

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The Mets built a 2-0 lead after second baseman Marcus Semien's eventual two-out single to left-center field, scoring Bichette.

Taylor, 32, entered Friday's game with six hitless at-bats in four games this season, striking out once.

The 27-year-old Soto, meanwhile, is slashing .355/.412/516 with one home run and five RBI through the Mets' first eight games.

There was a lot to like about tonight’s relatively smooth and easy 10-3 victory over the Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Mets’ offense, which had been floundering, finally had a big day. Marcus Semien hit his first home run as a Met and Francisco Alvarez went deep twice. Semien and Bo Bichette both had a three-hit game. Nolan McLean was brilliant—perfect through his first five. Much like McLean’s performance, it was almost a perfect night…except for one very significant wrinkle. Juan Soto left the game in the bottom of the first inning after experiencing calf tightness running the bases in the top of the inning. So instead of being able to breathe easy and freely enjoy a nice rebound win after last night’s disastrous game, some anxiety and foreboding hangs like a specter over this victory.

Nonetheless, this was otherwise a relatively stress-free game. The Mets got on the board right away in the first against Tyler Mahle. Francisco Lindor led off the game with a single and Juan Soto followed with a single of his own. Bo Bichette then laced the Mets’ third consecutive base hit to drive in Lindor for the game’s first run. Luis Robert then walked to load the bases with nobody out and with one run already in, it looked like the Mets were poised for a huge first inning, much like they achieved on Opening Day. However, Brett Baty grounded into a 1-2-3 double play to take some of the air out of the rally. The Mets did manage to scratch out another run on a well-struck Marcus Semien single over the shortstop to double their lead to 2-0, but it should have been a bigger inning—both because of Baty’s double play and because Robert didn’t run on contact on Semien’s hit, despite the two-out situation, so he was unable to score from second on the play. Still, the Mets found themselves two runs to the good early and Nolan McLean took the mound with some run support already behind him.

It turned out that two runs was plenty of run support for McLean on this night, as he had all of his pitches working and was throwing some absolutely filthy stuff at Giants hitters all evening. In fact, McLean did not allow a single baserunner until the sixth inning when he issued back-to-back walks to start the inning. It was clear McLean was tiring at that point, partially because—to the credit of the Giants lineup—there were eight full counts against McLean in the first 17 batters he faced. Those walks came back to bite McLean, but he was still fantastic tonight. If you did not watch this game live because you are not a night owl sicko like I am, you should do yourself a favor and watch the clip of the pitch McLean threw to strike out Heliot Ramos to end the fifth inning. You can thank me later.

Meanwhile, the Mets added three more runs in the top of the fourth—all via the long ball. Mark Vientos singled to lead off the inning and Marcus Semien blasted a two-run homer to dead center—an impressive feat at Oracle Park—for his first Mets home run. Then with one out, Francisco Alvarez followed with a pretty prodigious blast of his own to extend the Mets’ lead to 5-0.

Unfortunately for McLean, both of those walks he issued in the sixth would come around to score. After recording the first out of the inning on a Jerar Encarnacion fly out to right, Willy Adames launched a ground rule double to end the no-hitter and the shutout. That chased McLean from the game and after 93 pitches, he made way for Brooks Raley, who did his job, striking out Rafael Devers and retiring Luis Arraez on a ground ball to first. However, Francisco Alvarez failed to handle one of Raley’s pitches and the Giants’ second run scored on the passed ball. But Alvarez would immediately make up for the run he cost his team, going deep again to lead off the seventh. The Mets piled on that inning against JT Brubaker in his second inning of work. After Alvarez’s second homer, Francisco Lindor—becoming quite the on-base machine in the early going—walked. Tyrone Taylor then struck out for the first out, but Bo Bichette doubled, advancing Lindor to third. Luis Robert drove him in with a single, which knocked Brubaker out of the game. Matt Gage came in for the Giants and struck out Brett Baty for the second out, but then Mark Vientos singled to plate the Mets’ eighth run.

Huascar Brazobán worked around a two-out hit by Heliot Ramos (the Giants’ second hit of the evening) to pitch a scoreless bottom of the seventh. Unlike his other recent appearances, this game proved to be an appropriate situation for Richard Lovelady, who gave up a run in the eighth on a Jerar Encarnacion double and a Luis Arraez RBI single. But luckily this time Lovelady had plenty of margin for error and the Mets added yet more insurance off Erik Miller in the top of the ninth. Luis Robert got things started with a walk and Brett Baty, who was one of the few Mets having a rough night at the plate, doubled him in. Marcus Semien notched his third hit of the night, advancing Baty to third and Baty scored on a Carson Benge grounder to second to put the Mets’ run total into double digits. Luis García polished off the lopsided victory with a scoreless ninth inning, working around a one-out single by Heliot Ramos.

Thus, the Mets snap their three-game losing streak in resounding fashion, but on a night when the bats finally broke out, concern remains for the lineup’s most potent threat; we should find out more about the severity of Juan Soto’s calf injury in the coming days.

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Big Mets winner: Marcus Semien, +20.2% WPA
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SAN FRANCISCO — The bats erupted and Nolan McLean dominated, but Friday night was defined for the Mets by who wasn’t on the field following his first at-bat.

Juan Soto, bothered by right-calf tightness, departed after only a half inning, leaving the Mets to wonder when their best player will return.

Soto singled in the first inning and felt discomfort running from first to third on Bo Bichette’s RBI single. Now the Mets, who snapped a three-game skid with a 10-3 victory over the Giants at Oracle Park, wait on their $765 million outfielder.

“We don’t have much other than what was announced, right calf tightness,” manager Carlos Mendoza said, adding that Soto will receive imaging on Saturday.

What is Mendoza’s concern level?

“There is obviously concern every time you send a player for an MRI and the calf area can be tricky,” he said. “We have just got to wait.”

McLean took a perfect game into the sixth but never escaped the inning, his shot at history spoiled by patient at-bats as his pitch count climbed.

The right-hander indicated his cutter was the only pitch he felt comfortable with, forcing him deeper into counts than he would have liked.

He lasted 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs (one unearned) on one hit and two walks with four strikeouts, departing after 93 pitches.

“I was just trying to piece it together,” McLean said. “Nothing felt incredibly great. Everything felt OK toward later in the game, but just kind of the full counts snuck up on me there at the end. I got a little bit fatigued by the end of it.”

McLean said he didn’t realize he had carried a perfect game into the sixth.

“It didn’t really feel that way just because of how many 3-2 counts and behind on counts I felt like I was,” he said. “So, it kind of felt grindier than what the scoreboard showed.” 

Francisco Alvarez led the Mets’ three-homer attack with two blasts (Marcus Semien hit the other) in the Mets’ best showing offensively since their 11-run outburst against the Pirates on Opening Day.

Alvarez’s bid at a three-homer game included a shot to the warning track in center field in the eighth inning.

The perfect game watch officially began as McLean breezed through the fifth, easily retiring Matt Chapman and Jung Hoo Lee before working the count full to Heliot Ramos. McLean unleashed a hellacious sweeper that nicked the inside corner for a called third strike.

McLean took the mound for the sixth at 67 pitches and walked Harrison Bader, reducing the performance to a no-hit watch. McLean worked the count full to Patrick Bailey and walked him, giving the Giants a rally. Jerar Encarnacion worked a nine-pitch at-bat before flying out, and Willy Adames ended the no-hit drama and McLean’s night with a shot that one-hopped the fence in right center for an RBI double.

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Brooks Raley struck out Rafael Devers, but before the lefty could escape the inning, an Alvarez passed ball allowed the Giants’ second run to score.

The Mets countered in the seventh with Alvarez’s second homer of the night and an RBI single by Luis Robert Jr. that extended the lead to 7-2. Mark Vientos continued the party with an RBI single in the inning.

Bichette was among the offensive heroes, with a 3-for-5 performance in easily his best game since arriving to the Mets. The team was without Jorge Polanco, whose left Achilles tendonitis placed him on the bench and raised questions about his near-term availability. Polanco has dealt with discomfort since Sunday, limiting him to the DH spot.   

The Mets sent eight batters to the plate against Tyler Mahle in the first inning and scored twice, but missed an opportunity to break open the game early. Bichette delivered an RBI single, and Robert Jr. walked to reload the bases before Brett Baty hit a comebacker that turned into a 1-2-3 double play.

But Semien, who snapped an 0-for-20 a night earlier, slashed an RBI single following a walk to Vientos, extending the Mets’ lead to 2-0. The rally started with consecutive singles by Francisco Lindor and Soto.

Semien struck again in the fourth with a two-run homer to center that gave the Mets a 4-0 lead. The blast was Semien’s first in a Mets uniform. Two batters later, Alvarez cleared the center field fence.

Ramos’ single in the seventh against Huascar Brazoban gave the Giants their second hit. Brazoban recovered to retire Bader, ending the inning.

Luis Arraez delivered a bloop RBI single in the eighth against Richard Lovelady before Baty stroked an RBI double in the ninth. Carson Benge’s RBI fielder’s choice brought in the Mets’ 10th run.

The Angels' offense was stifled in a 10-inning, 3-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners during their home opener Friday night in front of 44,931 fans at Angel Stadium.

In a scoreless game in the 10th inning, Seattle's Cole Young tripled to the right-field corner off Angels reliever Brent Suter that scored Luke Raley from second base. Two outs later, Suter intentionally walked Julio Rodríguez. Josh Naylor singled in two more runs to make it 3-0.

Jorge Soler drove in Mike Trout on a sacrifice fly to right field in the bottom of the 10th, but that was all the Angels (3-5) could muster after Seattle held them to just one hit and retired the final 21 Angels batters.

Mariners starter Bryan Woo gave up that one hit, struck out six and walked one over seven strong innings. Seattle relievers Matt Brash, Andres Muñoz and Gabe Speier were just as dominant, combining for six strikeouts and no walks over three no-hit innings.

“[Woo] is one of the best starters in the league. He was on his game tonight,” Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said. “He pitched well and when a guy like that pitches well you just got to do your best in battle and I feel like our guys were battling, just couldn’t muster anything up."

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Angels starter Reid Detmers also had a strong game, giving up three hits, with four strikeouts and four walks over 6⅔ innings.

"It was a well-fought game and obviously we didn’t come out on the winning side, but we’ll go get them tomorrow," Detmers said.

Suzuki thought Detmers was in control and executed pitches well. He was getting ahead in the count of batters and putting them away, while also inducing soft contact, which allowed him to go deep into the game.

“He pitched his butt off,” Suzuki said. “It was nice to see him rebound from the last one and really have a good start."

In the first inning, Trout stared down Woo before taking first base after a sinker hit the star outfielder’s left shoulder. The blow came after the right-hander threw a four-seam fastball that nearly missed Trout's face.

“Anytime you get thrown up-and-in and then you get hit on the next pitch, you’re gonna be upset,” Trout said.

The first hit came in the bottom of the third after Oswald Peraza sent a bloop single to right field. Woo cleared the base paths after picking off the runner for the second out of the inning. Zach Neto grounded out to stop the Angels’ offense.

threw a fastball behind Rodríguez to open the top of the fourth inning. The outfielder stared down the left-hander and later grounded out to first baseman Nolan Schanuel. Seattle threatened to break the tie after Naylor reached first and Randy Arozarena followed with a single to right field.

Neto threw out Brendan Donovan at third to record the second out and Detmers struck out J.P. Crawford to end the inning.

Trout almost ended the pitchers' duel in the bottom of the sixth inning after sharply hitting a fly ball to left field but Arozarena tracked it down.

“I thought I got enough, for sure,” he said. “I hit it off the end a little bit but I thought I got enough — it is what it is.”

Suzuki also believed Trout hit the ball hard enough for a home run.

“I didn’t really see what the exit [velocity] or anything like that was, but I thought it came off his bat pretty well," Suzuki said. "Obviously the wind kind of hung it up there, but I thought it was a great pass.”

After a one-out walk to Crawford in the top of the seventh, Detmers picked off the runner but gave up a single to Victor Robles. The hit concluded his night after 104 pitches. He walked off to a round of applause from the crowd, but he didn't notice.

“I was in my zone, so I mean, it was a good game,” said Detmers, who lowered his ERA to 2.38.

Reliever Chase Silseth struck out Young to end the seventh.

In the eighth, Drew Pomeranz gave up a one-out walk to Cal Raleigh and a single to Rodriguez but retired Naylor and Arozarena on a fly ball and a groundball, respectively.

In the ninth, Jordan Romano threw a fastball that looked like it hit Leo Rivas, but the call was overturned after a challenge confirmed it hit the bat. The right-hander struck out Rivas and Crawford and got pinch-hitter Raley to line out.

With two outs and two strikes, Trout struck out to send the game to extra innings.

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Nolan McLean pitched into the sixth inning with a perfect game and the Mets bats launched three home runs as they defeated the Giants, 10-3, on Friday night in San Francisco.

Friday's 10 runs scored is the most the Mets have driven in since the 11 they put on Opening Day. The 10 runs are more than the Mets offense scored in their last four games combined. 

The combination of McLean and four relievers allowed just five hits. The Mets put up 15 hits, with each batter reaching base at least once. 

Here are the takeaways...

-The Mets offense had struggled mightily since Opening Day, but the lineup would get started early on Friday. Three straight hits from Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto and Bo Bichette drove in the game's first run. After Luis Robert Jr. walked the bases loaded, Giants starter Tyler Mahle got what he needed with double play from Brett Baty. Mark Vientos walked, giving way to Marcus Semien with the bases loaded and two outs. Semien lined a single to drive in the second run of the inning, but Robert Jr. held up at third when he should have scored. Carson Benge struck out swinging to end the inning.

That extra run didn't matter much as the Mets offense continued to break out of their funk.

Vientos hit a leadoff single in the fourth and Semien followed up with a two-run shot, his first home run as a Met to put the team up 4-0. Two batters later, Francisco Alvarez hit a solo shot that landed in the same place as Semien's, straight away center field. 

-Alvarez would hit a second solo home run in the seventh, but not to be outdone, Robert Jr. poked a single to drive home Lindor and Vientos, two batters later, looped a single to score Bichette and put the Mets up 8-2. 

-As for McLean, the young right-hander was perfect through four innings. He tossed 54 pitches to that point, hurt by a few 3-2 counts a couple of times through the order, but it didn't deter him. McLean would get through five perfect innings before Harrison Bader worked a leadoff walk in the sixth. McLean walked the next batter, and after a fly out, Willy Adames knocked McLean out of the game with a run-scoring double.

Brooks Raley entered to try and limit the damage in relief of McLean. After striking out Rafael Devers, a wild pitch allowed the Giants' second run of the inning to score. Luis Arraez grounded out to end the inning and close the book on McLean's night.

The talented right-hander got through 5.1 innings pitched (93 pitches/51 strikes), allowing two runs (one earned) on one hit and two walks while striking out four.

-In the top of the first, Soto was replaced in left field by Tyrone Taylor. Soto suffered a tight right calf seemingly when he was going first to third on a base hit. Taylor finished 0-for-4 with a strikeout.

-Vientos, making his fourth straight start, is making the case to stay in the lineup. The young slugger went 2-for-3 with two walks and reached base four times. It's just the third time in his career he's reached four times in a game.

Game MVP: Marcus Semien

The veteran infielder was struggling, but his two-run shot opened up the game for the Mets to win this game. Semien finished 3-for-5 and drove in three runs.

Highlights

Bo Bichette gets the Mets on the board first in San Francisco! pic.twitter.com/Z6hJBVc7WJ

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 4, 2026

Marcus Semien brings home the second run of the inning! pic.twitter.com/qaVHmgYWJs

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 4, 2026

MARCUS SEMIEN'S FIRST METS HOME RUN! pic.twitter.com/EsXwN1MzPX

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 4, 2026

FRANCISCO ALVAREZ WITH THE SECOND METS HOME RUN OF THE INNING! pic.twitter.com/oui3wrRtLI

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 4, 2026

FORGET THAT!

FRANCISCO ALVAREZ BLASTS HIS SECOND HOME RUN OF THE NIGHT! pic.twitter.com/OBfLBJ0c2y

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 4, 2026

Luis Robert Jr. brings home Francisco Lindor! pic.twitter.com/DIv8xF4GvD

— SNY (@SNYtv) April 4, 2026

What's next

The Mets continue their four-game set with the Giants on Saturday night. First pitch is set for 9:05 p.m. on SNY.

Clay Holmes takes the mound for the second time this season. Landen Roupp will take the mound for San Francisco.

Mike Trout was not entirely pleased with reaching base in the fashion that he did during the Los Angeles Angels' home opener on Friday, April 3.

Seattle Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo threw a 95 mph pitch that hit Trout high on the shoulder in the bottom of the first inning. That came after a high pitch that made Trout duck back.

Trout was seen glancing over at Woo with a look of disapproval before making his way over to first base.

Bryan Woo’s first pitch to Mike Trout was up and in and near Mike Trout’s head. His second pitch to Trout drilled him up high. Interesting 👀

Mike Trout was not pleased one bit 👀 pic.twitter.com/r40A0U01Nn

— js9innings (@js9inningsmedia) April 4, 2026

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Later in the game, Angels pitcher Reid Detmers nearly hit Julio Rodriguez of the Mariners, the pitch going behind his legs.

Now, Reid Detmers throws at Julio Rodriguez as he missed and the pitch went behind him. Julio stared right as Detmers after the pitch. https://t.co/4Tv1jXRD4Jpic.twitter.com/N5J0cEKODP

— js9innings (@js9inningsmedia) April 4, 2026

After nine scoreless innings of play, the Mariners outscored the Angels 3-1 in the 10th inning to secure the victory.

Trout told reporters that Woo apologized to him later in the game, per The Athletic.

Trout, the three-time MVP, has already produced six hits, two home runs, six runs scored and three RBI through the first seven games of the season.

Outside of the pitch to Trout, Woo had a solid outing on the mound. He allowed just one hit and a walk, while striking out six in seven innings pitched.

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