Juan Soto Earns 3-Word Nickname From MLB During Yankees Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Thursday night’s 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers got its first spark from Juan Soto, who lined a ground-ball single into right field in the bottom of the sixth inning to put the Mets ahead 2-1. It was a fitting microcosm of Soto’s recent play.

Juan Soto hit his 21st home run of the season, leading the New York Mets to a 6-5 win over the New York Yankees on Friday. The Yankees have lost five straight games and six of their past seven. Jasson Domínguez and Aaron Judge led off the game with back-to-back home runs to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead against Mets rookie Justin Hagenman.

Soto's blast, a 89 mph cutter, soared 393 feet to left-center field, leaving Yankees fans in stunned silence. Not satisfied with just that, in the third inning, Soto hit a double into the right-center gap,