It's no secret that Mets 3B/DH Mark Vientos has been having a tough second full season in the majors, but the young slugger reminded people of his abilities during Monday night's loss to the San Diego Padres.

Elías Díaz singled with two outs in the ninth inning to bring in Jose Iglesias with the winning run, and the San Diego Padres beat the New York Mets 7-6 in a wild game to end their seven-game winning streak.

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The Mets snapped their seven-game winning streak, losing a back-and-forth battle to the San Diego Padres, 7-6.

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is 6 p.m. ET this coming Thursday, July 31, and the action is beginning to pick up. This past weekend we saw Josh Naylor go to the Mariners and Ryan McMahon go to the Yankees,

With Juan Soto arguing with the home-plate umpire, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza stepped in and was ejected on Monday night in San Diego.

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