Juan Soto is on the board at Yankee Stadium. Monday evening in opposition to Miami Marlins lefty Jesús Luzardo (GameTracker), Soto swatted his first residence run within the Bronx as a member of the New York Yankees. The three-run bomb into the suitable area brief porch gave New York a 6-0 lead within the fourth inning.
Right here is Soto’s first Yankee Stadium residence run of 2024:
Please do notice that’s Soto’s first residence run at Yankee Stadium this season. It isn’t his first residence run at Yankee Stadium. Soto entered 2024 with 4 residence runs in six profession video games within the Bronx, together with a two-homer recreation as a 19-year-old on June 13, 2018. That was Soto’s first profession multi-homer recreation.
Monday’s residence run was Soto’s second of the season. He additionally hit what proved to be the game-winning residence run in opposition to the Houston Astros on March 30. Coming into Monday, Soto owned a .333/.438/.436 batting line with eight walks and 7 strikeouts. He additionally ranks among the many league leaders in defensive outs above common within the tremendous early going of the 2024 marketing campaign.
Soto’s three-run homer was New York’s second of the inning in opposition to Luzardo as sophomore shortstop Anthony Volpe swatted a three-run homer earlier within the body. It was additionally his second residence run of the season and it raised his season batting line to .441/.513/.706. Volpe has been one of many largest surprises in baseball early in 2024.
Coming into play Monday, the Yankees had baseball’s greatest report (8-2) and the Marlins had baseball’s worst report (1-9). Monday is the eighth time in 11 video games Miami has allowed at the very least six runs.
