Mets drop series opener against Marlins with 2-1 loss

The Mets ' offense couldn't get anything going and New York lost to the Miami Marlins, 2-1, on Friday night. Here are the takeaways... -- It looked like the Mets might get to feast against struggling Marlins starter Eury Perez after Juan Soto blasted a tank of a solo shot in the first inning that gave New York a 1-0 lead.

The home run, which traveled 449 feet, landed in the second deck and was Soto’s longest career homer. -- Also in the first, Carson Benge led off the game with a deep fly ball to center field that Jakob Marsee made a splendid running catch at the wall. While the play was impressive, Mets hitters appeared to be on Perez early.

-- But after Soto’s home run, Perez retired the next eight hitters in a row before Soto stayed hot with a single. Soto has had a terrific road trip with eight hits, four home runs, five RBI, six runs scored and a stolen base. He’s also hit safely in nine of the last 11 games and has had multiple hits in seven of those games.

-- Unfortunately for the Mets, Soto was the only player to show up in Miami as the rest of the offense went hitless against Perez, who settled in after the dicey first and looked incredible in his 6. 1 innings of work. -- Perez left with a lead after the Marlins scored once in the second and once in the fourth.