Soto’s late three-run blast and Torrens’ double lift Mets to a 10th-inning win over Braves

The Mets and Braves provided one of the sharper reminders of how quickly a baseball game can swing when, on Sunday at Truist Park, New York turned a late deficit into a 10th-inning win. After trading momentum late in the contest, Juan Soto and Luis Torrens delivered the key blows in sequence, giving the Mets just enough to get past Atlanta in the series finale.

New York entered the late stages trailing 3-2 and with its season suddenly living on each at-bat. With the Mets down to their final out, Soto “shook, or more so silenced,” the ballpark, launching a three-run blast into right field that flipped the score to 5-3. The home run was not just the go-ahead hit, it also ended the Braves closer Raisel Iglesias’ 35-game save streak, according to MLB’s game recap.

That turnaround set up the Mets to play the next inning with a lead, but the game did not settle. Matt Olson quickly responded for Atlanta, smashing a two-run home run into the left-field bullpen to tie the score at 5. With the momentum still unstable, the Mets had to keep finding answers rather than simply protecting a comfortable cushion.

Luis Torrens then became the next spark for New York. In the 10th inning, he delivered a double into left field during his first at-bat of the game, pushing the Mets’ lead back to 7-5. It was a two-run swing that mattered because it restored New York’s advantage right when the late innings start to narrow every margin for error.

The Mets then leaned on Luke Weaver, who entered the bottom of the 10th with a 25-inning scoreless streak, as described in the recap. Weaver worked to secure the final out after the Braves cut the Mets’ lead to 7-6 and loaded the bases with two outs, ending the game on a game-ending groundout to shortstop.

For the Mets, the victory carried a clear tactical message: bullpen one-run leads can vanish quickly, and series finales often demand multiple late-game contributors rather than a single moment. For the Braves, it underscored the same reality from the other side, that even after a strong response, keeping runs off the board in the final two innings can be difficult when opponents have live bats and veteran hitters ready to swing.

Looking ahead, the immediate takeaway for New York is how it built this win in pieces, Soto first to change the run environment, Torrens next to extend it, and Weaver to finish it. The Brewers are not involved here, but the Mets’ path in late games is now easier to track: watch how they deploy high-leverage arms after a comeback, and whether the offense can sustain those late-inning rallies into the next contests.