Santo Domingo. — Dominican Juan Soto shone again with the bat by hitting his 30th home run of the season and reaching 70 RBIs. However, his effort was not enough to prevent the New York Mets’ 11-9 defeat against the Seattle Mariners at Citi Field.

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The Mets are going through a critical moment: they have accumulated three consecutive losses and nine in their last ten games, being six games behind the Phillies in the National League East Division. By Seattle, catcher Cal Raleigh hit his 46th home run of the year and reached 100 RBIs, while the also Dominican Julio Rodríguez contributed a pair of doubles and two RBIs. In the losing cause, Ronny Mauricio went 2-for-4 with a stolen base.

EL QUE NO DABA 30 🤪💣

Juan Soto conectó su cuadrangular número 3️⃣0️⃣ de la temporada y el 2️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ de su carrera en MLB. pic.twitter.com/88Nph3TzcR

— Erick José Lantigua (@EJLantigua) August 16, 2025

Other prominent Dominicans

• Toronto: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 30th double in the Blue Jays’ 6-5 victory over the Rangers.
• Cincinnati: Elly de la Cruz hit his 25th double and drove in two runs (76 in the campaign), although the Reds fell 10-8 to Milwaukee. His compatriot Miguel Andújar went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
• Kansas City: Carlos Estévez struck out the three rivals he faced in the ninth inning and earned his 31st save in the Royals’ 3-1 victory over the White Sox.
• Boston: Sandy Alcántara worked six innings of two hits and one run with seven strikeouts in the Marlins’ 2-1 loss to the Red Sox. The Azuan right-hander lowered his ERA to 6.31.
• Houston: Framber Valdez (11-6, 3.01) was punished with six hits and three runs in 6.2 innings, taking the loss in the 7-0 shutout suffered by the Astros against the Orioles.

With still a month and a half of regular season to go, Dominicans continue to make their mark in different scenarios, although their teams do not always manage to capitalize on that individual performance.