The 26-year-old outfielder slugged the first home run of his Mets career on Friday, taking a cutter from Houston Astros starter Hunter Brown and depositing it in the second deck of Minute Maid Park. The speed of the ball off the bat: 107.3 mph. The distance: 390 feet.

Soto finished his first Mets game 1-for-3 with two walks. The ninth inning strikeout was far from what him and the team hoped after he was signed to a record $765 million deal in free agency this offseason, but he should have plenty of other opportunities this season to come up clutch in the final inning.

Welcome to Game 2 of 162 as the Houston Astros host the New York Mets on Friday night at Daikin Park. Rodgers again gets nod, but second base fluid situation Brendan Rodgers has drawn starts at second base in each of the Astros’ first two games this season.

For Friday’s matchup, the Mets wasted no time revealing their plan against right-hander Hunter Brown. Some things remain constant—Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, and Pete Alonso aren’t moving from their spots at the top of the order. But once a righty takes the hill, the lineup shuffles after that.

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