Juan Soto hit his first two home runs at Citi Field as a member of the Mets on Thursday afternoon, but the Arizona Diamondbacks earned a 4-2 win to hand New York a rare home series loss. The Diamondbacks won the final two games of the three-game series — the first time the Mets have lost back-to-back contests at Citi Field since

Juan Soto’s homer-less drought at Citi Field is over. And he liked it so much, he did it twice. In his 56th at-bat in his new home, the slugger launched one over the left-field fence for his first Citi Field home run as a Met. It went 391 feet to left-center field. Then, in his next at-bat, he hit another one, 399 feet.

Juan Soto’s first home runs as a Met in Queens belong in the franchise history books, probably alleviated some pressure and sure were a welcome sign for the club. They did not prove especially timely,